Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Pindar, William Paley and Stilpo

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7 ideas

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof

21275

Unlike a stone, the parts of a watch are obviously assembled in order to show the time [Paley]

21276

From the obvious purpose and structure of a watch we must infer that it was designed [Paley]

21277

Even an imperfect machine can exhibit obvious design [Paley]

21278

All the signs of design found in a watch are also found in nature [Paley]

21357

No organ shows purpose more obviously than the eyelid [Paley]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3029	Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius]