mself, whether it is a number in a sense or not, will still be a numerical ratio of certain things and not a number proper, nor will it be a of number merely because it is a numerical ratio.
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Further, the units in must each come from a prior but this is impossible.
Further, why is a number, when taken all together, one?
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