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All the ideas for 'works (all lost)', 'Letter to Pythocles' and 'The Scientific Revolution 1500-1800'

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4 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation

21386

We should accept as explanations all the plausible ways in which something could come about [Epicurus]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

5470	The idea of laws of nature arose in the Middle Ages [Hall,AR, by Ellis]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

14051

A cosmos is a collection of stars and an earth, with some sort of boundary, movement and shape [Epicurus]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1828	God does not intervene in heavenly movements, but is beyond all action and perfectly happy [Epicurus]