Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Menedemus, Leon Battista Alberti and Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

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Resemblance Nominalists say that resemblance explains properties (not the other way round) [Rodriquez-Pereyra]

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Entities are truthmakers for their resemblances, so no extra entities or 'resemblances' are needed [Rodriquez-Pereyra]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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The beautiful is that from which nothing can be subtracted and to which nothing can be added [Alberti]

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

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]