Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Letter on Freedom' and 'Thought and Responsibility'

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5 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

5042	For every event it is possible for an omniscient being to give a reason for its occurrence [Leibniz]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / g. Moral responsibility

20166

A man is a responsible agent to the extent he has an intention, and knows what he is doing [Hampshire]