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All the ideas for 'The Birth of Tragedy', 'Principle of Life and Plastic Natures' and 'The Artworld'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
7848 Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception
19419 Not all of perception is accompanied by consciousness [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
19421 Souls act as if there were no bodies, and bodies act as if there were no souls [Leibniz]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution
20328 A thing is only seen as art in an 'artworld', which has a theory and a history [Danto]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
19420 Death and generation are just transformations of an animal, augmented or diminished [Leibniz]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / a. Early Modern matter
19416 Not all of matter is animated, any more than a pond full of living fish is animated [Leibniz]
19422 Every particle of matter contains organic bodies [Leibniz]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof
19418 Mechanics shows that all motion originates in other motion, so there is a Prime Mover [Leibniz]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
19417 All substances are in harmony, even though separate, so they must have one divine cause [Leibniz]