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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Letters to Regius' and 'Justice as fairness: Political not Metaphysical'

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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 / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

12251

Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]

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]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 4. Unfairness

22406

The maximisation of happiness must be done fairly [Rawls, by Smart]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

16772

An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]