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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On Plural Reference and Set Theory' and 'On suicide'

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5 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / d. Singular terms

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A 'singulariser' converts a plural like 'number of' to a syntactically neutral form [Cartwright,H, by Hossack]

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]

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]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

4677	If suicide is wrong because only God disposes of our lives, it must also be wrong to save lives [Hume]