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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Summa Contra Gentiles' and 'Frege on Knowing the Foundations'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

22115

Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas]

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 1. Axiomatisation

17622

We come to believe mathematical propositions via their grounding in the structure [Burge]

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]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 4. Occasionalism

20700

Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas]

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]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism

15202

Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas]