Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Theophrastus, James Joule and Justus Lipsius

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

7822	A neo-Stoic movement began in the late sixteenth century [Lipsius, by Grayling]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 6. Relativism Critique

20921

How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied

5990	Theophrastus doubted whether nature could be explained teleologically [Theophrastus, by Gottschalk]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

20645

Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]

20972

Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]