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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 5. First-Order Logic

21495	Theoretical and practical politics are both concerned with the best lives for individuals [Russell]
	Full Idea: Political ideals must be based upon ideals for the individual life. The aim of politics should be to make the lives of individuals as good as possible.
	From: Bertrand Russell (Political Ideals [1917], 1)
	A reaction: Russell floats between socialism and anarchism, but this foundational remark is classic liberalism.

5. Theory of Logic / E. Structures of Logic / 1. Logical Form

4730	For Aristotle, the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected a substance-accident structure of reality [Aristotle, by O'Grady]
	Full Idea: Aristotle apparently believed that the subject-predicate structure of Greek reflected the substance-accident nature of reality.
	From: report of Aristotle (works [c.330 BCE]) by Paul O'Grady - Relativism Ch.4
	A reaction: We need not assume that Aristotle is wrong. It is a chicken-and-egg. There is something obvious about subject-predicate language, if one assumes that unified objects are part of nature, and not just conventional.