Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Herodotus, Gorgias and James Joule

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6 ideas

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]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

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

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

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

20645

Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]

20972

Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]

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

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