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    • December 31, 2021 at 10:37 AM
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    Here's the table of contents. The article on Aristotle's Criticism of Plato's Forms, which I have not read, is available for free here.

    It would be great to get a handle on the chapter on Epicureans and Stoics on Universals, but so far I can't find it.

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    Cassius , meet Cassius!

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    • December 31, 2021 at 1:05 PM
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    Uh Oh, have I already read and talked about this and forgotten? Same topic, but different reference points?

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    There's actually a link to the Bronowski chapter at the link Joshua posted. :)

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    Oh no! SO You (Don) posted it and I DID read it? Time for a new Alzheimer doctor!!!!


    Luckily I have the excuse that that exchange was many years ago, right?

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    Ah I see - back in June - an ETERNITY ago!!!

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    Don't worry Cassius, the space-time continuum has been warped since March 2020. That would explain any lapses of memory.

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    I was once reading the comments under a YouTube video when I came across one that I thought very clever. I actually laughed out loud, not something I do often, only to discover upon looking at the name that it was my own comment I was laughing at. This is precisely the kind of thing we can and should expect, in view of our two or three pound mammalian brains. 😄

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