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| 6814 | Instead of prayer and charity, sinners pursue vain disputes and want their own personal scripture [Mohammed] |
| 22140 | The greatest philosophers are methodical; it is what makes them great [Grice] |
| 13856 | Conditionals are truth-functional, but we must take care with misleading ones [Grice, by Edgington] |
| 8948 | The odd truth table for material conditionals is explained by conversational conventions [Grice, by Fisher] |
| 13767 | Conditionals might remain truth-functional, despite inappropriate conversational remarks [Edgington on Grice] |
| 10990 | Conditionals are truth-functional, but unassertable in tricky cases? [Grice, by Read] |
| 14277 | A person can be justified in believing a proposition, though it is unreasonable to actually say it [Grice, by Edgington] |
| 1556 | By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias] |
| 7752 | Only the utterer's primary intention is relevant to the meaning [Grice] |
| 7751 | Meaning needs an intention to induce a belief, and a recognition that this is the speaker's intention [Grice] |
| 7753 | We judge linguistic intentions rather as we judge non-linguistic intentions, so they are alike [Grice] |
| 22330 | Grice said patterns of use are often semantically irrelevant, because it is a pragmatic matter [Grice, by Glock] |
| 18045 | Grice's maxim of quality says do not assert what you believe to be false [Grice, by Magidor] |
| 18044 | Grice's maxim of manner requires one to be as brief as possible [Grice, by Magidor] |
| 10991 | Key conversational maxims are 'quality' (assert truth) and 'quantity' (leave nothing out) [Grice, by Read] |
| 18046 | Grice's maxim of quantity says be sufficiently informative [Grice, by Magidor] |
| 6828 | You may break off a treaty if you fear treachery from your ally [Mohammed] |
| 6823 | Repay evil with good and your enemies will become friends (though this is hard) [Mohammed] |
| 6826 | Allah rewards those who are devout, sincere, patient, humble, charitable, chaste, and who fast [Mohammed] |
| 6822 | Those who avenge themselves when wronged incur no guilt [Mohammed] |
| 6833 | Punish theft in men or women by cutting off their hands [Mohammed] |
| 6832 | Killing a human, except as just punishment, is like killing all mankind [Mohammed] |
| 6825 | Do not kill except for a just cause [Mohammed] |
| 6811 | Allah is lord of creation, compassionate, merciful, king of judgement-day [Mohammed] |
| 6819 | True believers see that Allah made the night for rest and the day to give light [Mohammed] |
| 6818 | Allah cannot have begotten a son, as He is self-sufficient [Mohammed] |
| 6834 | Unbelievers try to interpret the ambiguous parts of the Koran, simply to create dissension [Mohammed] |
| 6831 | He that kills a believer by design shall burn in Hell for ever [Mohammed] |
| 6827 | Make war on the unbelievers until Allah's religion reigns supreme [Mohammed] |
| 6824 | Do not split into sects, exulting in separate beliefs [Mohammed] |
| 6821 | I created mankind that it might worship Me [Mohammed] |
| 6817 | The Koran is certainly composed by Allah; no one could compose a chapter like it [Mohammed] |
| 6829 | There shall be no compulsion in religion [Mohammed] |
| 6815 | Be patient with unbelievers, and leave them to the judgement of Allah [Mohammed] |
| 6820 | The righteous shall dwell on couches in gardens, wedded to dark-eyed houris [Mohammed] |
| 6812 | Heaven will be reclining on couches, eating fruit, attended by virgins [Mohammed] |
| 6816 | The unbelievers shall drink boiling water [Mohammed] |
| 6830 | Unbelievers will have their skin repeatedly burned off in hell [Mohammed] |