Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Heidegger: an introduction' and 'works'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

15575

Knowledge is not a static set of correct propositions, but a continuing search for better interpretations [Polt]

5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction

10121

Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]

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]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

15568

When we consider possibilities, there must be something we are considering [Polt]

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]