Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Dennis Whitcomb, Frank P. Ramsey and Anaximander

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited

405	The essential nature, whatever it is, of the non-limited is everlasting and ageless [Anaximander]

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The Boundless cannot exist on its own, and must have something contrary to it [Aristotle on Anaximander]

404	Things begin and end in the Unlimited, and are balanced over time according to justice [Anaximander]

1495	Anaximander introduced the idea that the first principle and element of things was the Boundless [Anaximander, by Simplicius]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / b. Best system theory

9418	All knowledge needs systematizing, and the axioms would be the laws of nature [Ramsey]

9420	Causal laws result from the simplest axioms of a complete deductive system [Ramsey]