Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hermarchus, Christian Wolff and Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina)

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

11193

Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

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 / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

11209

The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

11204

The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

15036

An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

6005	Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]

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]