Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Gorgias, Andreas Osiander and Anon (Ecc)

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

8766	In much wisdom is much grief [Anon (Ecc)]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 8. Humour

8767	Sorrow is better than laughter [Anon (Ecc)]

7494	Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it? [Anon (Ecc)]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / e. Lawlike explanations

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Facts should be deducible from the theory and initial conditions, and prefer the simpler theory [Osiander, by Harré/Madden]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

8765	All is vanity, saith the Preacher [Anon (Ecc)]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

8768	Books are endless, and study is wearisome [Anon (Ecc)]