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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Much Ado About Nothing' and 'Letter to Pythocles'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

8658	For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare]

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]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

5996	Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]

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

14051

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

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]