Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Christian Wolff, David Miller and Melissus

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8 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason
18241 Sufficient reason is implied by contradiction, of an insufficient possible which exists [Wolff, by Korsgaard]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
12270 Being is one [Melissus, by Aristotle]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship
22817 Citizenship involves a group of mutually supporting rights, which create community and equality [Miller,D]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 14. Nationalism
22816 Socialists reject nationality as a false source of identity [Miller,D]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
3059 There is no real motion, only the appearance of it [Melissus, by Diog. Laertius]
27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void
5100 The void is not required for change, because a plenum can alter in quality [Aristotle on Melissus]
27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe
456 Nothing could come out of nothing [Melissus]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
18242 Confucius shows that ethics can rest on reason, rather than on revelation [Wolff, by Korsgaard]