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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
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Epicurus denied knowledge in order to retain morality or hedonism as the highest values [Nietzsche on Epicurus]
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Full Idea:
Epicurus denied the possibility of knowledge in order to retain moral (or hedonistic) values as the highest values.
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From:
comment on Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by Friedrich Nietzsche - The Will to Power (notebooks) §578
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A reaction:
The history of philosophy suggests that this dichotomy is unnecessary. Dogmatist place a high value on multitudes of things.
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13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism
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Epicurus says if one of a man's senses ever lies, none of his senses should ever be believed [Epicurus, by Cicero]
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Full Idea:
Epicurus says that if one sense has told a lie once in a man's life, no sense must ever be believed.
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From:
report of Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by M. Tullius Cicero - Academica II.25.79
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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
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When entering a dark room it is colourless, but colour gradually appears [Epicurus]
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Full Idea:
On entering a dark room we see no colour, but do so after waiting a short time.
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From:
Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]), quoted by Plutarch - 74: Reply to Colotes 1110d
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If two people disagree over taste, who is right? [Epicurus, by Plutarch]
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Full Idea:
If one person says the wine is dry and the other that it is sweet, and neither errs in his sensation, how is the wine any more dry than sweet?
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From:
report of Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by Plutarch - 74: Reply to Colotes 1109b
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Bath water is too hot for some, too cold for others [Epicurus, by Plutarch]
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Full Idea:
In the very same bath some treat the water as too hot, others as too cold.
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From:
report of Epicurus (fragments/reports [c.289 BCE]) by Plutarch - 74: Reply to Colotes 1109b
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