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All the ideas for 'Croce and Collingwood', 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)' and 'Preface to Great Instauration (Renewal)'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

6602	Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

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The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon]

14. Science / A. Basis of Science / 3. Experiment

6603	Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 1. Aesthetics

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By 1790 aestheticians were mainly trying to explain individual artistic genius [Kemp]

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

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Expression can be either necessary for art, or sufficient for art (or even both) [Kemp]

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The horror expressed in some works of art could equallly be expressed by other means [Kemp]

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We don't already know what to express, and then seek means of expressing it [Kemp]