Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Edmund Burke and Proclus

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4 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy

20558

Your representative owes you his judgement, and betrays you if he gives your opinion instead [Burke]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

1513	The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus]