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All the ideas for 'Lives of Eminent Philosophers', '06: Book of Joshua' and 'Protrepticus (frags)'

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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

17949

Inquiry is the cause of philosophy [Aristotle]

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

3035	Dialectic involves conversations with short questions and brief answers [Diog. Laertius]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 2. Justification Challenges / a. Agrippa's trilemma

1816	Sceptics say demonstration depends on self-demonstrating things, or indemonstrable things [Diog. Laertius]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

1819	Scepticism has two dogmas: that nothing is definable, and every argument has an opposite argument [Diog. Laertius]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

3064	When sceptics say that nothing is definable, or all arguments have an opposite, they are being dogmatic [Diog. Laertius]

14. Science / C. Induction / 4. Reason in Induction

3033	Induction moves from some truths to similar ones, by contraries or consequents [Diog. Laertius]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure

1838	Cyrenaic pleasure is a motion, but Epicurean pleasure is a condition [Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

1769	Cynics believe that when a man wishes for nothing he is like the gods [Diog. Laertius]

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

7489	Joshua said, Sun, stand thou still [Anon (Josh)]