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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Road to Serfdom' and 'Scientific Realism'

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7 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 / B. Properties / 5. Natural Properties

14933

Scientific properties are defined by the laws that embody them [Psillos, by Ladyman/Ross]

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 / 8. Socialism

20575

Socialist economics needs a very strong central power, virtually leading to slavery [Hayek, by Oksala]

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 4. Free market

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Hayek was a liberal, but mainly concerned with market freedom [Hayek, by Dunt]

22600

Impeding the market is likely to lead to extensive state control [Hayek]