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All the ideas for 'Wisdom', 'Public Text and Common Reader' and 'Grundlagen (Foundations of Theory of Manifolds)'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

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The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

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Cantor developed sets from a progression into infinity by addition, multiplication and exponentiation [Cantor, by Lavine]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers

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Ordinals are generated by endless succession, followed by a limit ordinal [Cantor, by Lavine]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 3. Taste

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Literary meaning emerges in comparisons, and tradition shows which comparisons are relevant [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 5. Art as Language

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In literature, word replacement changes literary meaning [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

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Without intentions we can't perceive sculpture, but that is not the whole story [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 3. Artistic Representation

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In aesthetic interest, even what is true is treated as though it were not [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 5. Objectivism in Art

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We can be objective about conventions, but love of art is needed to understand its traditions [Scruton]