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All the ideas for 'The Lagoon: how Aristotle invented science', 'The Golden Bowl, and Lit as Moral Philosophy' and 'On the Concept of Number'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy
The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]
6. Mathematics / C. Sources of Mathematics / 7. Formalism
Hilbert said (to block paradoxes) that mathematical existence is entailed by consistency [Hilbert, by Potter]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
The Aristotelian idea that choices can be perceived needs literary texts to expound it [Nussbaum]