Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Prodicus, Robert Grosseteste and Chauncey Wright

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6 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance

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By comparing qualities and features, reason can gradually infer the nature of substance [Grosseteste]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 2. Phenomenalism

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Behind the bare phenomenal facts there is nothing [Wright,Ch]

19. Language / F. Communication / 3. Denial

1554	Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind]

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

1555	People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus]

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

535	The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus]

1543	He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus]