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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Notes on Comments by Fardella' and 'A Realist Theory of Science'

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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]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual

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To exist and be understood, a multitude must first be reduced to a unity [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Substances are everywhere in matter, like points in a line [Leibniz]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 5. Essence as Kind

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Kind essences are the categorical bases of a thing's causal powers [Bhaskar, by Chakravartty]

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]