Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Empedocles, Stoic school and A.E. Taylor

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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects
13209 There is no coming-to-be of anything, but only mixing and separating [Empedocles, by Aristotle]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
6037 Stoics say matter has qualities, and substance underlies it, with no form or qualities [Stoic school, by Chalcidius]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
20826 How is separateness possible, if separated things are always said to be united? [Alexander on Stoic school]
20825 How is divisibility possible, if stoics say things remain united when they are divided? [Alexander on Stoic school]
20872 Stoics say wholes are more than parts, but entirely consist of parts [Stoic school, by Sext.Empiricus]
9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 10. Beginning of an Object
457 Substance is not created or destroyed in mortals, but there is only mixing and exchange [Empedocles]