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All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'On Relations of Universals and Particulars' and 'Ancient Philosophy: very short introduction'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

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Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge [Annas]

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

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Plato was the first philosopher who was concerned to systematize his ideas [Annas]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

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General facts supervene on particular facts, but cannot be inferred from them [Russell, by Bennett,K]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / b. Critique of tropes

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Trope theorists cannot explain how tropes resemble each other [Russell, by Mumford]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

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Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Euripides's Medea is a key case of reason versus the passions [Annas]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

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Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value [Annas]