Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Reference and Essence: seven appendices', 'On the True Doctrine (Against Christians)' and 'The Origins of Totalitarianism'

expand these ideas     |    start again     |     specify just one area for these texts

---

6 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / g. Degrees of vagueness

14742

It can't be indeterminate whether x and y are identical; if x,y is indeterminate, then it isn't x,x [Salmon,N]

19. Language / B. Reference / 3. Direct Reference / a. Direct reference

18885

Kripke and Putnam made false claims that direct reference implies essentialism [Salmon,N]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / c. Despotism

20579

Modern totalitarianism results from lack of social ties or shared goals [Arendt, by Oksala]

20580

The ideal subject for dictators is not a fanatic, but someone who can't distinguish true from false [Arendt, by Oksala]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

1868	The world was made as much for animals as for man [Celsus]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

1867	Christians presented Jesus as a new kind of logos to oppose that of the philosophers [Celsus]