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2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

5969	Chrysippus said the uncaused is non-existent [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
	Full Idea: Chrysippus said that the uncaused is altogether non-existent.
	From: report of Chrysippus (fragments/reports [c.240 BCE]) by Plutarch - 70: Stoic Self-contradictions 1045c
	A reaction: The difficulty is to see what empirical basis there can be for such a claim, or what argument of any kind other than an intuition. Induction is the obvious answer, but Hume teaches us scepticism about any claim that 'there can be no exceptions'.

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 5. Fallacy of Composition

2653	If the parts of the universe are subject to the law of nature, the whole universe must also be subject to it [Cicero]
	Full Idea: If the parts of the universe are subject to the law of nature, then the universe itself must be subject to this law.
	From: M. Tullius Cicero (On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') [c.44 BCE], II.86)