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All the ideas for 'Physiologia', 'Commentary on Euclid's 'Elements'' and 'Against the Logicians (two books)'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 5. Linguistic Analysis

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Ordinary speech is not exact about what is true; we say we are digging a well before the well exists [Sext.Empiricus]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object

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The quantity is just the matter, in that it has extended parts and is diffuse [Charleton]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Some properties are inseparable from a thing, such as the length, breadth and depth of a body [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 1. Justification / b. Need for justification

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Fools, infants and madmen may speak truly, but do not know [Sext.Empiricus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

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Madmen are reliable reporters of what appears to them [Sext.Empiricus]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / b. Empirical concepts

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We can only dream of a winged man if we have experienced men and some winged thing [Sext.Empiricus]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]