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Ideas of Speussipus, by Text
[Greek, 407 - 339 BCE, Born in Athens. Took over Plato's Academy when the founder (his uncle) died. Died in Athens.]
367BCE
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thirty titles (lost)
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p.83
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Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods
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Full Idea:
Speusippus, following his uncle Plato, held that all things were governed by some kind of animal force, and tried to eradicate from our minds any notion of the gods.
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From:
report of Speussipus (thirty titles (lost) [c.367 BCE]) by M. Tullius Cicero - On the Nature of the Gods ('De natura deorum') I.33
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p.171
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Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list
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Full Idea:
Speusippus suggested principles for each substance, including principles for numbers, magnitude and the soul. He thus arrived at no mean list of substances.
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From:
report of Speussipus (thirty titles (lost) [c.367 BCE]) by Aristotle - Metaphysics 1028b
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