Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Xenophanes, Donald C. Williams and Robert Geroch

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10 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8510	'Socrates is wise' means a concurrence sum contains a member of a similarity set [Williams,DC]

8508	A 'trope' is an abstract particular, the occurrence of an essence [Williams,DC]

8509	A world is completely constituted by its tropes and their connections [Williams,DC]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

411	If we succeed in speaking the truth, we cannot know we have done it [Xenophanes]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism

412	If God had not created honey, men would say figs are sweeter [Xenophanes]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring

9567	Maths deals with quantities of physical significance, ignoring irrelevant features [Geroch]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One

1640	The basic Eleatic belief was that all things are one [Xenophanes, by Plato]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

3055	Xenophanes said the essence of God was spherical and utterly inhuman [Xenophanes, by Diog. Laertius]

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

408	Ethiopian gods have black hair, and Thracian gods have red hair [Xenophanes]

407	Mortals believe gods are born, and have voices and clothes just like mortals [Xenophanes]