Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Of the First Principles of Government' and 'Wittgenstein'

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6 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]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 4. Other Minds / d. Other minds by analogy

7091	The argument from analogy is not a strong inference, since the other being might be an actor or a robot [Grayling]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

21094

There are two kinds of right - to power, and to property [Hume]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights

21095

It is an exaggeration to say that property is the foundation of all government [Hume]