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    The philosophy of mathematics
    The philosophy of mathematics
    The philosophy of mathematics
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    The philosophy of mathematics

    By Isidore Auguste Marie François Xavier Comte and W. M. Gillespie

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    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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