Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Homer, Dicaearchus and Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina)

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10 ideas

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

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

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]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

2170	Homer does not distinguish between soul and body [Homer, by Williams,B]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 3. Eliminativism

5997	Dicaearchus said soul does not exist, but is just a configuration of the body [Dicaearchus, by Fortenbaugh]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

2171	The 'will' doesn't exist; there is just conclusion, then action [Homer, by Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

21819

Plato says the Good produces the Intellectual-Principle, which in turn produces the Soul [Homer, by Plotinus]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / a. Autocracy

11388

Let there be one ruler [Homer]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

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Homer so enjoys the company of the gods that he must have been deeply irreligious [Homer, by Nietzsche]