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All the ideas for 'The Origin of the Work of Art', 'Lysis' and 'Letter to Mersenne'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent

15585	Later Heidegger sees philosophy as more like poetry than like science [Heidegger, by Polt]
	Full Idea: In his later work Heidegger came to view philosophy as closer to poetry than to science.
	From: report of Martin Heidegger (The Origin of the Work of Art [1935], p.178) by Richard Polt - Heidegger: an introduction 5 'Signs'

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 3. Constraints on the will

3789	The more reasons that compel me, the freer I am [Descartes]
	Full Idea: I move the more freely towards an object in proportion to the number of reasons which compel me.
	From: René Descartes (Letter to Mersenne [1642])

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

295	The good is beautiful [Plato]
	Full Idea: The good is beautiful.
	From: Plato (Lysis [c.400 BCE], 216d)
	A reaction: also Timaeus 87c

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

294	People say that friendship exists only between good men [Plato]
	Full Idea: People say that friendship exists only between good men.
	From: Plato (Lysis [c.400 BCE], 214d)