Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Peter E. Pormann, Richard Posner and Melissus

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6 ideas

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

12270

Being is one [Melissus, by Aristotle]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / d. Health

22237

The Greeks had a single word meaning both 'beautiful' and 'good' [Pormann]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / a. Nature of democracy

21131

Democracy is competition for support of the people, guided by self-interest on all sides [Posner]

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]