Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Commentary on 'Posterior Analytics' and 'talk'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

1403	A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique

9074	Abstraction cannot produce the concept of a 'game', as there is no one common feature [Barnes,J]

9073	Abstraction from an ambiguous concept like 'mole' will define them as the same [Barnes,J]

9072	Defining concepts by abstractions will collect together far too many attributes from entities [Barnes,J]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

13304

Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

20820

Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]