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All the ideas for 'On the Natural Faculties', 'A Rsum of Metaphysics' and 'What Metaphors Mean'

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7 ideas

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 1. Faculties

21799

We just use the word 'faculty' when we don't know the psychological cause [Galen]

19. Language / F. Communication / 6. Interpreting Language / d. Metaphor

7777	We accept a metaphor when we see the sentence is false [Davidson]

7776	Metaphors just mean what their words literally mean [Davidson]

7775	Understanding a metaphor is a creative act, with no rules [Davidson]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure

5049	Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

5048	Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

5050	Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz]