In the preface to the first edition of Dedekind's WsuwsdZ, he refers to the
Greek phrase (my transliteration) 'aei ho anthropos arithmetidzei' as a
well-known (bekannt) saying. I'm a little embarrassed to say, however, that
it is not so well-known as to be known by me. Could someone please tell me
who authored this 'well-known' phrase ... and tell me what they meant by
it. To me it says something like "Man is (or has) always (been)
'arithmetizing' or 'numbering' or 'counting'". But that supposed that
arithmetidzo is a verb, and I can't find an entry for it in my lexicon,
much less a pointer to the author of the 'well-known' saying.
Best,
Mic Detlefsen
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Michael Detlefsen
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