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26 April 1815
2. Practical use indication, or
Practical application maximising
principle.
Mathematical – physical – practical
preparatory mathematical
immediate for giving expression
to so many distinguishable species
or modifications of use, all these
several adjuncts will be found
necessary.
Quantity is that which every
proposition in mathematics has
for its subject.
Quantity not having respect to
figure in abstract numbers, it
is this which every proposition
in mathematics, algebra included,
has for its subject.
Quantity having respect for
figure is that which every proposition
in Geometry has for its
subject.
Subjects susceptible of figure
are bodies portions of matter
and spaces, spaces considered as
— i.e. portions of
space considered as not containing
matter: and motions
which are considered as having
existence in so far as a body
which at one time is considered
as occupying one portion of space
is at another time considered
as occupying another portion
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