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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On Referring' and 'Human Personality'

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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth
23755 Genius and love of truth are always accompanied by great humility [Weil]
5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form
8358 There are no rules for the exact logic of ordinary language, because that doesn't exist [Strawson,P]
5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 2. Descriptions / c. Theory of definite descriptions
6413 'The present King of France is bald' presupposes existence, rather than stating it [Strawson,P, by Grayling]
8354 Russell asks when 'The King of France is wise' would be a true assertion [Strawson,P]
13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism
3061 Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius]
16. Persons / B. Nature of the Self / 7. Self and Body / a. Self needs body
23747 What is sacred is not a person, but the whole physical human being [Weil]
18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 1. Thought
23756 The mind is imprisoned and limited by language, restricting our awareness of wider thoughts [Weil]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use
8356 The meaning of an expression or sentence is general directions for its use, to refer or to assert [Strawson,P]
19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / c. Social reference
10430 Reference is mainly a social phenomenon [Strawson,P, by Sainsbury]
19. Language / B. Reference / 4. Descriptive Reference / b. Reference by description
10448 If an expression can refer to anything, it may still instrinsically refer, but relative to a context [Bach on Strawson,P]
19. Language / B. Reference / 5. Speaker's Reference
8355 Expressions don't refer; people use expressions to refer [Strawson,P]
8357 If an utterance fails to refer then it is a pseudo-use, though a speaker may think they assert something [Strawson,P]
21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 6. The Sublime
23758 Beauty is an attractive mystery, leaving nothing to be desired [Weil]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value
23760 All we need are the unity of justice, truth and beauty [Weil]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / c. Life
23748 The sacred in every human is their expectation of good rather than evil [Weil]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
23759 Everything which originates in love is beautiful [Weil]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil
23762 Evil is transmitted by comforts and pleasures, but mostly by doing harm to people [Weil]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 8. Socialism
23750 It is not more money which the wretched members of society need [Weil]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism
23749 The problem of the collective is not suppression of persons, but persons erasing themselves [Weil]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
23753 People absurdly claim an equal share of things which are essentially privileged [Weil]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights
23751 Rights are asserted contentiously, and need the backing of force [Weil]
23752 Giving centrality to rights stifles all impulses of charity [Weil]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice
23757 The spirit of justice needs the full attention of truth, and that attention is love [Weil]
23761 Justice (concerning harm) is distinct from rights (concerning inequality) [Weil]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / d. Reform of offenders
23764 The only thing in society worse than crime is repressive justice [Weil]
23763 Punishment aims at the good for men who don't desire it [Weil]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
23754 The only choice is between supernatural good, or evil [Weil]