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All the ideas for 'The Birth of Tragedy', 'Does Ontology Rest on a Mistake?' and 'The Iliad'

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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]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 7. Fictionalism

19489

For me, fictions are internally true, without a significant internal or external truth-value [Yablo]

19490

Make-believe can help us to reason about facts and scientific procedures [Yablo]

19491

'The clouds are angry' can only mean '...if one were attributing emotions to clouds' [Yablo]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

2170	Homer does not distinguish between soul and body [Homer, by Williams,B]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

2171	The 'will' doesn't exist; there is just conclusion, then action [Homer, by Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

21819

Plato says the Good produces the Intellectual-Principle, which in turn produces the Soul [Homer, by Plotinus]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / a. Autocracy

11388

Let there be one ruler [Homer]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

14829

Homer so enjoys the company of the gods that he must have been deeply irreligious [Homer, by Nietzsche]