Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Pittacus, Oswald Spengler and Michael Martin

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason

6855	Interesting philosophers hardly every give you explicitly valid arguments [Martin,M]

2. Reason / E. Argument / 1. Argument

6856	Valid arguments can be rejected by challenging the premises or presuppositions [Martin,M]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

3016	Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

6857	An error theory of perception says our experience is not as it seems to be [Martin,M]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

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Human cultures are organisms which grow, and then fade and die [Spengler, by Bowie]