Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Melissus, Archimedes and Jean Buridan

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11 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

1403	A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

13007

Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

12270

Being is one [Melissus, by Aristotle]

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

16678

Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers

16793

A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary

16726

Why can't we deduce secondary qualities from primary ones, if they cause them? [Buridan]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 2. Demonstration

16577

Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan]

14. Science / C. Induction / 2. Aims of Induction

16576

Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

3059	There is no real motion, only the appearance of it [Melissus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 1. Void

5100	The void is not required for change, because a plenum can alter in quality [Aristotle on Melissus]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 2. Eternal Universe

456	Nothing could come out of nothing [Melissus]