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All the ideas for 'Events', 'talk' and 'The Origins of Totalitarianism'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes

8979	Slow and continuous events (like balding or tree-growth) are called 'processes', not 'events' [Simons]

8981	Maybe processes behave like stuff-nouns, and events like count-nouns [Simons]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 4. Events / a. Nature of events

8973	Einstein's relativity brought events into ontology, as the terms of a simultaneity relationships [Simons]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

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Culture is the struggle to agree what is normal [Gibson,A]

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]