Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Prodicus, Amos and Margaret Cavendish

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6 ideas

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind

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The brain, and all the mental events within it, consists entirely of sensitive and rational matter [Cavendish]

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

1554	Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / c. Teleological Proof critique

1555	People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

535	The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus]

1543	He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism

7604	Amos was the first prophet to emphasise justice and compassion [Amos, by Armstrong,K]