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All the ideas for 'works', 'The Method of Truth in Metaphysics' and 'The Iliad or the Poem of Force'

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7 ideas

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

4042	Metaphysics requires the idea of people (speakers) located in space and time [Davidson]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 4. Meaning as Truth-Conditions

4041	Sentences held true determine the meanings of the words they contain [Davidson]

19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 6. Meaning as Use

20949

Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

7669	We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

23812

Force is what turns man into a thing, and ultimately into a corpse [Weil]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 7. Communitarianism / a. Communitarianism

7668	Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice

23813

Only people who understand force, and don't respect it, are capable of justice [Weil]