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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Letter to Pythocles' and '11: Book of Kings 1'

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6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / n. Pi

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He made a molten sea, which was ten cubits across, and thirty cubits round the edge [Anon (Kings)]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / c. Against best explanation

21386

We should accept as explanations all the plausible ways in which something could come about [Epicurus]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

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A cosmos is a collection of stars and an earth, with some sort of boundary, movement and shape [Epicurus]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

1828	God does not intervene in heavenly movements, but is beyond all action and perfectly happy [Epicurus]