Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Menedemus, Stephen Wolfram and James Baillie

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 4. Identity in Logic

3299	In logic identity involves reflexivity (x=x), symmetry (if x=y, then y=x) and transitivity (if x=y and y=z, then x=z) [Baillie]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

20660

At one level maths and nature are very similar, suggesting some deeper origin [Wolfram]

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]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 4. Substantival Space

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Space and its contents seem to be one stuff - so space is the only existing thing [Wolfram]