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All the ideas for 'Commentary on 'De Anima'', 'The Nature of Musical Expression' and 'Commentary on the Metaphysics'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

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

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Romantics say music expresses ideas, or the Will, or intuitions, or feelings [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art

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Expressing melancholy is a good thing, but arousing it is a bad thing [Scruton]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

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The soul conserves the body, as we see by its dissolution when the soul leaves [Toletus]