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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Philosophy' and 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd ed 1977)'

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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]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 5. Aiming at Truth

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We have a basic epistemic duty to believe truth and avoid error [Chisholm, by Kvanvig]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 7. Knowledge First

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Knowledge is beyond question, as an unavoidable component of thinking [Weil]

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]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art

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Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others [Weil]