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12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 2. Self-Evidence

483	Start a thesis with something undisputable [Diogenes of Apollonia]
	Full Idea: In starting any thesis, it seems to me, one should put forward as one's point of departure something incontrovertible.
	From: Diogenes (Apoll) (fragments/reports [c.440 BCE], B01), quoted by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 09.57