Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Pittacus, Paolo Mancosu and Samuel Alexander

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5 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

3534	To be is to have causal powers [Alexander,S]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

13166

Essences are no use in mathematics, if all mathematical truths are necessary [Mancosu]

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

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

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism

3398	Epiphenomenalism makes the mind totally pointless [Alexander,S]

14494

Epiphenomenalism is like a pointless nobleman, kept for show, but soon to be abolished [Alexander,S]