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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Course of Positive Philosophy' and 'The Idea of Equality'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism
7491 The phases of human thought are theological, then metaphysical, then positivist [Comte, by Watson]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
18933 Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]
19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
5864 Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]
9866 Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / h. Respect
3236 Equality of opportunity without equality of respect would create a very inhuman society [Williams,B]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
3233 Equality implies that people are alike in potential as well as in needs [Williams,B]
3234 Equality seems to require that each person be acknowledged as having a significant point of view [Williams,B]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
3235 It is a mark of extreme exploitation that the sufferers do not realise their plight [Williams,B]