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There is more danger of numerical sequences continued indefinitely than of trees growing up to heaven. Each will some time reach its greatest height.
Gottlob Frege
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Gottlob Frege
Age: 76 †
Born: 1848
Born: November 8
Died: 1925
Died: July 26
Analytic Philosopher
Logician
Mathematician
Philosopher
Philosopher Of Language
University Teacher
Hansestadt Wismar
Trees
Reach
Danger
Numerical
Tree
Sequences
Greatest
Indefinitely
Growing
Sequence
Heaven
Continued
Time
Height
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