Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Gorgias, Edmund Burke and Hermarchus

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5 ideas

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]

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]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy

20558

Your representative owes you his judgement, and betrays you if he gives your opinion instead [Burke]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

6005	Animals are dangerous and nourishing, and can't form contracts of justice [Hermarchus, by Sedley]