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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'What is Good?' and 'Continental Philosophy - V. Short Intro'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / c. Later medieval philosophy

7823	Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 3. Scientism

7068	If infatuation with science leads to bad scientism, its rejection leads to obscurantism [Critchley]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

7075	To meet the division in our life, try the Subject, Nature, Spirit, Will, Power, Praxis, Unconscious, or Being [Critchley]

7069	The French keep returning, to Hegel or Nietzsche or Marx [Critchley]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

7067	Food first, then ethics [Critchley]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / e. Honour

7809	In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

7824	If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief

7819	Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

7817	To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling]

7818	In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling]