"A truthmaker is an entity in virtue of which the proposition it makes true is true. And it is a necessary condition of being a truthmaker (though not a sufficient one) that a truthmaker necessitates the proposition it makes true."

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Source : "Truthmaking". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com.

Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

#Virtue Quotes #Entity Quotes #Propositions Quotes

“Hurdlers are sprinters with a problem. They're not satisfied just to sprint. Anybody can sprint, some not as well as others of course, but anybody can sprint. Not everybody can run hurdles. There's an extra dimension involved. Hurdlers would make a good subject for a thesis in psychology - they are of apersuasion that just needs an extra dimension.”
“Doubt is one of the main paths on the highway to failure.”
“Most people donâ€™t really want to think independently or make decisions; theyâ€™re herd animals with herd instincts to keep to the middle of the group where itâ€™s safest, donâ€™t stand out too much, donâ€™t move too far away from convention, etc. They want to be led and dictated to. But theyâ€™re stubborn, mulish animals and they like to think theyâ€™re independent and free.”
“There is no such thing as failure; everything is just a stepping stone to a greater lesson or achievement.”
“If by the people you understand the multitude, the hoi polloi, 'tis no matter what they think; they are sometimes in the right, sometimes in the wrong; their judgment is a mere lottery.”
“I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors. I would rather start a family than finish one. Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.”
“We're wired to be empathetic and to care about the needs of others, but also to be curious about others. And I think that's just sort of in our DNA. And so portraiture is a very human act.”

Source : Source: www.aaa.si.edu
“I grew up loving Ridley Scott and Tony Scott and Michael Bay and Adrian Lyne.”

Source : Source: www.empireonline.com

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