PHIL 2010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Polymath, Reductio Ad Absurdum, Prodicus
12 Nov 2017
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Underlying stuff is single and make them one of water, fire, or air, 2. Light and dark form the whole world: did(cid:374)(cid:859)t differe(cid:374)tiate (cid:271)et(cid:449)ee(cid:374) i(cid:374)fi(cid:374)ite di(cid:448)isibility and infinity extension, the arrow: always occupying same amount of space and so never in motion. If there are many things, they are either self-identical (no parts, infinitely small) or infinitely large. If everything is infinitely divisible into parts, then either nothing exists or everything is one. If there are many things, they are both infinite and finite in number. I know i do(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) i genuinely know (socratic dialectic: reduction ad absurdum, absurdity: 1) contradictory (cannot be true) 2) something that the arguer would not accept. Or entangled: believed soul atoms were distributed evenly throughout the body, regarded gods as atomic compounds, stressed good of individual over good of state, follow goal of contentment and moderation, saw the whole of human life as futile.
