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Ideas for Tim Bayne, Jonathan Dancy and Gorgias

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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]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / b. Indeterminate translation

2763	There is an indeterminacy in juggling apparent meanings against probable beliefs [Dancy,J]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / c. Principle of charity

2762	Charity makes native beliefs largely true, and Humanity makes them similar to ours [Dancy,J]