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Ideas of Diogenes (Apoll), by Text
[Greek, c.480 - 420 BCE, Born in Apollonia, in Crete. A doctor. Lived in Athens for a while.]
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p.152
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5995
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Diogenes of Apollonia offered the first teleological account of cosmology [Robinson,TM]
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A05
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p.196
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1542
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Diogenes of Apollonia was the last natural scientist [Simplicius]
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A19
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p.200
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1544
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Perception must be an internal matter, because we can fail to perceive when we are preoccupied [Theophrastus]
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B01
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p.87
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483
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Start a thesis with something undisputable
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B02
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p.87
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484
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Everything is ultimately a variation of one underlying thing
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B02
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p.87
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486
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Plants and animals can only come into existence if something fixes their species
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B02
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p.87
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485
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Things must retain their essential nature during change, or mixing would be impossible
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B05
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p.88
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488
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Air is divine, because it is in and around everything, and arranges everything
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B05
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p.88
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489
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Each thing must be in some way unique
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DK 64
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p.7
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24042
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The older Diogenes said the soul is air, made of the smallest particles
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