Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Gorgias, Michael Novak and C.S. Lewis

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5 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]

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]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

15640

Courage is not a virtue, but the form of every virtue at its testing point [Lewis,CS]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

22254

Economic capitalist liberty naturally leads to democratic political liberty [Novak]