Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Anaxarchus, Ludwig Wittgenstein and Gottfried Leibniz

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

3061	Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]

12949

Light takes time to reach us, so objects we see may now not exist [Leibniz]

6591	Doubts can't exist if they are inexpressible or unanswerable [Wittgenstein]

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

19392

I don't recommend universal doubt; we constantly seek reasons for things which are indubitable [Leibniz]

3596	Total doubt can't even get started [Wittgenstein, by Williams,M]

4160	One can mistrust one's own senses, but not one's own beliefs [Wittgenstein]