Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Lectures on Ethics', 'On the spiritual perfection of life' and 'The Roots of Reference'

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3 ideas

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

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Arguing with opponents uncovers truths, and restrains falsehoods [Aquinas]

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

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

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The maxim for suicide is committed to the value of life, and is thus contradictory [Kant]