Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Empedocles, Arnauld / Nicole and Amphis

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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 / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / b. Levels of abstraction

10502

We can rise by degrees through abstraction, with higher levels representing more things [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P]