Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Christian Wolff, John Wycliff and Metrodorus (Lamp)

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5 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]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

16700

In order to speak about time and successive entities, the 'present' must be enlarged [Wycliff]

16701

To be successive a thing needs parts, which must therefore be lodged outside that instant [Wycliff]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 2. Hedonism

5954	All inventions of the mind aim at pleasure, and those that don't are worthless [Metrodorus of Lamp., by Plutarch]

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]