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All the ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'Practical Necessity' and 'A Specimen of Discoveries'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
7910 Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 4. Aims of Reason
5035 The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz]
10. Modality / A. Necessity / 10. Impossibility
23283 Necessity implies possibility, but in experience it matters which comes first [Williams,B]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
5038 Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
7909 The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven
7908 At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil
5037 God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz]