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All the ideas for 'works', 'thirty titles (lost)' and 'The Idea of the Brain'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

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Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

594	Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 8. Brain

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There is a single mouse neuron which has 862 inputs and 626 outputs [Cobb]

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The brain is not passive, and merely processing inputs; it is active, and intervenes in the world [Cobb]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

2632	Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero]