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'Parmenides', 'Chemistry' and 'Outlines of Pyrrhonism'
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27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement
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1900
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If time and place are infinitely divided, it becomes impossible for movement ever to begin [Sext.Empiricus]
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1901
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If all atoms, times and places are the same, everything should move with equal velocity [Sext.Empiricus]
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1899
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Does the original self-mover push itself from behind, or pull itself from in front? [Sext.Empiricus]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time
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1903
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If motion and rest are abolished, so is time [Sext.Empiricus]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / i. Denying time
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1904
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Time must be unlimited, but past and present can't be non-existent, and can't be now, so time does not exist [Sext.Empiricus]
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27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 3. Parts of Time / c. Intervals
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1905
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How can time be divisible if we can't compare one length of time with another? [Sext.Empiricus]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
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17482
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Compounds can differ with the same collection of atoms, so structure matters too [Hendry]
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17483
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Water continuously changes, with new groupings of molecules [Hendry]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 2. Modern Elements
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Elements survive chemical change, and are tracked to explain direction and properties [Hendry]
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17477
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Defining elements by atomic number allowed atoms of an element to have different masses [Hendry]
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27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 3. Periodic Table
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17480
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Generally it is nuclear charge (not nuclear mass) which determines behaviour [Hendry]
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