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[Greek, 45 - 121, Born at Chaeronea. A Roman governor.]
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§12
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p.11
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5957
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Absurd superstitions make people atheist, not disharmony in nature
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85
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26: Oracles in Decline
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§39
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p.46
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5958
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The sun is always bright; it doesn't become bright when it emerges
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85
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64: Gryllus - on Rationality in Animals
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988c
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p.389
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1477
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Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature
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990d
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p.394
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1478
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Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation
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990d
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p.394
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1479
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Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little
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85
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67: Platonic Questions
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II.1001
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p.33
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5960
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When the soul is intelligent and harmonious, it is part of god and derives from god
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85
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68: Generation of the soul in 'Timaeus'
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1025d
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p.247
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5963
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Some say emotion is a sort of reason, and others say virtue concerns emotion
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85
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72: Against Stoics on common Conceptions
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1083e
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p.853
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5974
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People report seeing through rocks, or over the horizon, or impossibly small works
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§1108
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p.195
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5948
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The good life involves social participation, loyalty, temperance and honesty
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§1111
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p.215
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5950
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If only atoms exist, how do qualities arise when the atoms come together?
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§1112
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p.219
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5951
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If atoms have no qualities, they cannot possibly produce a mind
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§1119
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p.261
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5952
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Rather than being the whole soul, maybe I am its chief part?
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§1125
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p.301
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5955
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No one will ever find a city that lacks religious practices
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1122c
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p.37
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20796
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Action needs an affinity for a presentation, and an impulse toward the affinity
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85
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75: Is 'Live Unknown' a Wise Precept?
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§6
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p.123
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5959
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Some philosophers say the soul is light
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23
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p.29
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1212
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Replacing timbers on Theseus' ship was the classic illustration of the problem of growth and change
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