Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Xenophanes, Luke Westaway and Desiderius Erasmus

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10 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

6900	A prior understanding of beauty is needed to assert that the Form of the Beautiful is beautiful [Westaway]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts

6956	At what point does an object become 'whole'? [Westaway]

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]

17. Mind and Body / C. Functionalism / 7. Chinese Room

7335	The Chinese Room should be able to ask itself questions in Mandarin [Westaway]

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]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

16714

The state should kill blasphemous heretics [Erasmus]