[RyanAdamas]

Math is the study of futility. Futility to calculate, to understand, to define, to rationalize. 1 is the only number. Everything else is a name.

[dataflow]

> 1 is the only number. Everything else is a name.

http://scihi.org/leopold-kronecker/

[sssilver]

I’d paraphrase. I’d say that zero and one are the only objects. Everything else is a name.

So in a sense math is exploration of the relation between existence and nonexistence.

[RyanAdamas]

You can't show me zero of something which is why you can't divide by it. Zero is a placeholder for what we can't show which is also why negative number exist on the opposite side of it. Zero isn't a number, it too is a name.