Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'The Nature of Existence vol.1' and 'Consistency and realism (with 1972 note)'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance has to exist, with no intrinsic qualities or relations [McTaggart]

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 / 1. Nature of Ethics / f. Ethical non-cognitivism

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We tolerate inconsistency in ethics but not in other beliefs (which reflect an independent order) [Williams,B, by Foot]