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Ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'The Epic of Gilgamesh' and 'Justice: What's the right thing to do?'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes

21045	Teleological thinking is essential for social and political issues [Sandel]
	Full Idea: It is not easy to dispense with teleological reasoning in thinking about social institutions and political practices.
	From: Michael J. Sandel (Justice: What's the right thing to do? [2009], 08)
	A reaction: I think teleological thinking is also indispensable in biology. You can't understand an ear or an eye if you don't know what it is FOR. If it relates to a mind, it is teleological. The eye of a dead person is for nothing.

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

8659	The gods alone live forever with Shamash. The days of humans are numbered. [Anon (Gilg)]
	Full Idea: The gods alone are the ones who live forever with Shamash. / As for humans, their days are numbered.
	From: Anon (Gilg) (The Epic of Gilgamesh [c.2300 BCE], 3.2.34), quoted by Michèle Friend - Introducing the Philosophy of Mathematics 1.2
	A reaction: Friend quotes this to show the antiquity of the concept of infinity. It also, of course, shows that Sumerians at that time did not believe in human immortality.