Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Eubulides, Epicurus and Diogenes Laertius

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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]

4549	Epicurus denied knowledge in order to retain morality or hedonism as the highest values [Nietzsche on Epicurus]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 3. Illusion Scepticism

2668	Epicurus says if one of a man's senses ever lies, none of his senses should ever be believed [Epicurus, by Cicero]

6010	Illusions are not false perceptions, as we accurately perceive the pattern of atoms [Epicurus, by Modrak]

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]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism

1482	If two people disagree over taste, who is right? [Epicurus, by Plutarch]

1483	Bath water is too hot for some, too cold for others [Epicurus, by Plutarch]

1487	When entering a dark room it is colourless, but colour gradually appears [Epicurus]