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All the ideas for 'Facts and Propositions', 'Women of Trachis' and 'De rebus naturalibus'

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5 ideas

3. Truth / H. Deflationary Truth / 1. Redundant Truth

3750	"It is true that x" means no more than x [Ramsey]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

16740

A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 7. Meaning Holism / c. Meaning by Role

18818

Sentence meaning is given by the actions to which it would lead [Ramsey]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / e. Honour

7811	Sophoclean heroes die terrible deaths when they oppose the new Athenian values [Sophocles, by Grayling]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

16571

Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]