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All the ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'The Rationalists' and 'Tropes'

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9 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]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8526	We might treat both tropes and substances as fundamental, so we can't presume it is just tropes [Daly]

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

8527	More than one trope (even identical ones!) can occupy the same location [Daly]

8528	If tropes are linked by the existence of concurrence, a special relation is needed to link them all [Daly]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

4304	Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham]

12. Knowledge Sources / C. Rationalism / 1. Rationalism

4303	The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity

4306	For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham]

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]