Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Lucretius, Gorgias and Friedrich Nietzsche

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19. Language / D. Propositions / 1. Propositions

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Thought starts as ambiguity, in need of interpretation and narrowing [Nietzsche]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

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It is essential that wise people learn to express their wisdom, possibly even as foolishness [Nietzsche]

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

24120

Great orators lead their arguments, rather than following them [Nietzsche]

19. Language / F. Communication / 5. Pragmatics / b. Implicature

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The pragmatics of language is more comprehensible than the meaning [Nietzsche]