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All the ideas for 'The Birth of Tragedy', 'Postscripts on supervenience' and 'fragments/reports'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

7848	Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

13007

Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 5. Supervenience / c. Significance of supervenience

13745

Supervenience is not a dependence relation, on the lines of causal, mereological or semantic dependence [Kim]

13746

Supervenience is just a 'surface' relation of pattern covariation, which still needs deeper explanation [Kim]