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'works (fragments)', 'A World of Propensities' and 'The Possibility of Metaphysics'
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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
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A wise man's chief strength is not being tricked; nothing is worse than error, frivolity or rashness [Zeno of Citium, by Cicero]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
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When shown seven versions of the mowing argument, he paid twice the asking price for them [Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 4. Divisions of Philosophy
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Philosophy has three parts, studying nature, character, and rational discourse [Zeno of Citium, by Diog. Laertius]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics
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Science needs metaphysics to weed out its presuppositions [Lowe, by Hofweber]
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Metaphysics is the mapping of possibilities [Lowe, by Mumford]
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1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 5. Metaphysics beyond Science
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Only metaphysics can decide whether identity survives through change [Lowe]
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Metaphysics tells us what there could be, rather than what there is [Lowe]
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