Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Response to David Armstrong' and 'The Confessions'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

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Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

18398

Space, time, and some other basics, are not causal powers [Ellis]

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]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

19745

The nature of people is decided by the government and politics of their society [Rousseau]