How Things Come Together

How Things Come Together is a collection, in three parts, of essays and occasional writings by Hanna Newcombe.

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NINE AXIOMS*

The nine axioms of algebra are:

1. Associativity (distributive law)

2. Identity element for addition (e.g. zero)

3. Identity element for multiplication (e.g. 1)

4. Additive inverses (i.e. negatives)

5. Multiplicative inverses (i.e. reciprocals)

6. Commutative law for addition

7. Commutative law for multiplication

8. Total ordering

AND

9. (Least) upper bounds for sets.

The (8 + 1) dimensions of social reality:

1. State and Laws

2. Community and Ethics

3. Family and Love

4. Human and Hope

5. Mankind and Conscience

6. Nature and Religion

7. Universe and Faith

8. God and Deliverance

AND

9. Beyond dimension

We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

T.S. Eliot

* The sequence of the nine Axioms is from Hanna Newcombe