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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Marx' and 'Logic as Semiotic: Theory of Signs'

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19. Language / B. Reference / 1. Reference theories

7634	Icons resemble their subject, an index is a natural sign, and symbols are conventional [Peirce, by Maund]
	Full Idea: For Peirce there are three different kinds of sign, which are different kinds of representation, built on different relationships: an 'icon' represents what it resembles, an 'index' is a natural sign, and a 'symbol' is a conventional sign.
	From: report of Charles Sanders Peirce (Logic as Semiotic: Theory of Signs [1897]) by Barry Maund - Perception Ch.4
	A reaction: Maund makes use of natural signs (like footprints) to explain representative perception. Peirce's distinctions seem useful in philosophy of mind generally, if the brain somehow represents what it experiences. How subjective are signs?

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

7903	The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]
	Full Idea: The six perfections are of giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom.
	From: Nagarjuna (Mahaprajnaparamitashastra [c.120], 88)
	A reaction: What is 'morality', if giving is not part of it? I like patience and vigour being two of the virtues, which immediately implies an Aristotelian mean (which is always what is 'appropriate').

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / c. Revolution

21997	In Marxism the state will be superseded [Singer]
	Full Idea: It is a famous Marxist doctrine that the state will be superseded.
	From: Peter Singer (Marx [1980], 9)
	A reaction: Why is that final state communism rather than anarchism?

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

21993	Materialist history says we are subject to incomprehensible forces [Singer]
	Full Idea: The materialist conception of history tells us that human beings are totally subject to forces they do not understand and control.
	From: Peter Singer (Marx [1980], 6)
	A reaction: How does Marx know the forces? An exceptionally influential idea, because it is a modern commonplace that we have very little control over our own lives (apart from right wingers asserting that 'you can have anything if you really really want it').