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Ideas for 'Natural Kinds', 'Summa totius logicae' and 'What is Good?'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / c. Later medieval philosophy

7823	Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling]
	Full Idea: Lucretius's 'De Rerum Natura' was rediscovered in 1417, after languishing forgotten for six centuries.
	From: A.C. Grayling (What is Good? [2003], Ch.5)
	A reaction: A wonder. Is it the greatest book of the ancient world - because it partially preserves the lost philosophy of great Democritus?

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

16943	Philosophy is continuous with science, and has no external vantage point [Quine]
	Full Idea: I see philosophy not as an a priori propaedeutic or groundwork for science, but as continuous with science. I see philosophy and science as in the same boat. …There is no external vantage point, no first philosophy.
	From: Willard Quine (Natural Kinds [1969], p.126)
	A reaction: Philosophy is generalisation. Science holds the upper hand, because it settles the subject-matter to be generalised.