Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'The Beautiful in Music' and 'Letters to Coste'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

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The universe is infinitely varied, so the Buridan's Ass dilemma could never happen [Leibniz]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

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There may be a world where dogs smell their game at a thousand leagues [Leibniz]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art

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Music is not an expressive art, because it expresses no familiar emotions [Hanslick, by Wollheim]