Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Stilpo, Jenny Teichmann and George Santayana

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 1. History of Philosophy
8000 He who is ignorant of the history of philosophy is doomed to repeat it [Santayana, by MacIntyre]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence
18521 The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana]
8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties
9295 Not only substances have attributes; events, actions, states and qualities can have them [Teichmann]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 2. Interactionism
9293 Body-spirit interaction ought to result in losses and increases of energy in the material world [Teichmann]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
23060 The good is not relative, but is rooted in facts about human needs [Santayana]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
3029 Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / b. Soul
9292 The Soul has no particular capacity (in the way thinking belongs to the mind) [Teichmann]
9294 No individuating marks distinguish between Souls [Teichmann]