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Ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Are there propositions?' and 'Morality and the emotions'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

21982	I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]
	Full Idea: "I see nobody on the road," said Alice. - "I only wish I had such eyes," the King remarked. ..."To be able to see Nobody! ...Why, it's as much as I can do to see real people."
	From: Lewis Carroll (C.Dodgson) (Through the Looking Glass [1886], p.189), quoted by A.W. Moore - The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics 07.7
	A reaction: [Moore quotes this, inevitably, in a chapter on Hegel] This may be a better candidate for the birth of philosophy of language than Frege's Groundwork.

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / c. Facts and truths

13988	Many sentences do not state facts, but there are no facts which could not be stated [Ryle]
	Full Idea: There are many sentences which do not state facts, while there are no facts which (in principle) could not be stated.
	From: Gilbert Ryle (Are there propositions? [1930], 'Substitute')
	A reaction: Hm. This seems like a nice challenge. The first problem would be infinite facts. Then complex universal facts, beyond the cognizance of any mind. Then facts that change faster than thinking can change. Do you give up yet? Then there's....