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Ideas for Diogenes Laertius, Mark Fisher and Heraclitus

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

11853	A mixed drink separates if it is not stirred [Heraclitus]
	Full Idea: The mixed drink, of wine, cheese and barley, separates if it is not stirred.
	From: Heraclitus (fragments/reports [c.500 BCE], B125)
	A reaction: Wiggins quotes this, because it seems to be Heraclitus struggling to decide what sortal his drink falls under. I take it to be a problem of vagueness, since separation and mixing occur along a continuum, like a sorites.