Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Principles of Art' and 'Letters to a Young Clergyman'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

22520

You can't reason someone out of an irrational opinion [Swift]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression

20420

The emotion expressed is non-conscious, but feels oppressive until expression relieves it [Collingwood]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 7. Ontology of Art

20421

Art exists ideally, purely as experiences in the mind of the perceiver [Collingwood, by Kemp]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art

20406

Art clarifies the artist's mind and feelings, thus leading to self-knowledge [Collingwood, by Davies,S]

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]