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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Frege's Theory of Numbers' and 'Preface to Great Instauration (Renewal)'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

6602	Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / c. Counting procedure

17447

Parsons says counting is tagging as first, second, third..., and converting the last to a cardinal [Parsons,C, by Heck]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

16724

The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

6603	Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

541	Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

542	Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]