Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Kenelm Digby, Gorgias and Elizabeth, Princess of Bohemia

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these philosophers

---

6 ideas

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

18933

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

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

16597

Quantity is the capacity to be divided [Digby]

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

23222

A soul with physical extension is more likely than an immaterial soul that moves bodies [Elizabeth]

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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

16731

Colours arise from the rarity, density and mixture of matter [Digby]