Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Empedocles, Antisthenes (Ath) and A.J. Ayer

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

458	Nothing could come out of nothing, and existence could never completely cease [Empedocles]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

5112	Empedocles says things are at rest, unless love unites them, or hatred splits them [Empedocles, by Aristotle]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 1. Ontologies

6523	Positivists regard ontology as either meaningless or stipulated [Ayer, by Robinson,H]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 11. Ontological Commitment / b. Commitment of quantifiers

2611	It is currently held that quantifying over something implies belief in its existence [Ayer]