"The huge majority of philosophers seem to think that including impure properties in the range of the quantifiers of the principle would make the principle trivial. I have argued that it does not."

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Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com

Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra

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“If Algeria introduced a resolution declaring that the earth was flat and that Israel had flattened it, it would pass by a vote of 164 to 13 with 26 abstentions.”

Source : "A fence built for peace" by Abba Eban, www.theguardian.com. February 3, 2004.
“He had mittens, Minjekahwun, Magic mittens made of deer-skin; When upon his hands he wore them, He could smite the rocks asunder, He could grind them into powder.”
“Whatever causes night in our souls may leave stars. Cimourdain was full of virtues and truth, but they shine out of a dark background.”
“That man is but of the lower part of the world that is not brought up to business and affairs.”
“My mouth is no prayer book, but my view is, I'd view addiction to these substances as a medical problem and I would treat it accordingly. What little I know about the history of drug control policy in the United States leaves me thinking that a hugely important moment came when the lawyers win out over the doctors on this matter.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“You ache with it all; and the more mysterious it is, the more you ache.”
“You get what you give. What you put into things is what you get out of them.”
“Peoples are made of hate and of love, and more of hate than love.”

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