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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus · Chapter
6.021 explained
A number is defined as the exponent of an operation, linking arithmetic to the general form of operations.
What happens
A number is defined as the exponent of an operation, linking arithmetic to the general form of operations.
Key passages
“A number is the exponent of an operation.”
A number represents how many times an operation is applied.
Defines numbers in terms of operation iteration.