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All the ideas for Richard Price, Anon (Titus) and Eurytus

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5. Theory of Logic / L. Paradox / 6. Paradoxes in Language / a. The Liar paradox

9464	One of their own prophets said that Cretans are always liars [Anon (Titus)]
	Full Idea: One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretians are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies. This witness is true.
	From: Anon (Titus) (17: Epistle to Titus [c.115], I.12)
	A reaction: The classic statement of the paradox, the word 'always' being the source of the problem.

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism

7258	The forefather of modern intuitionism is Richard Price [Price,R, by Dancy,J]
	Full Idea: The forefather of modern intuitionism is Richard Price.
	From: report of Richard Price (works [1760]) by Jonathan Dancy - Intuitionism

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 1. Biology

651	Eurytus showed that numbers underlie things by making pictures of creatures out of pebbles [Eurytus, by Aristotle]
	Full Idea: Eurytus assigned numbers to things by taking some pebbles and using them to create likeness of the shapes of living things, such as a man or a horse.
	From: report of Eurytus (fragments/reports [c.400 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1092b
	A reaction: Pythagorean. Digitising reality.