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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Of the standard of taste' and 'fragments/reports'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 2. Aesthetic Attitude

18552

Forget about beauty; just concentrate on the virtues of delicacy and discernment admired in critics [Hume, by Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 3. Taste

6608	Strong sense, delicate sentiment, practice, comparisons, and lack of prejudice, are all needed for good taste [Hume]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 2. Hedonism

5954	All inventions of the mind aim at pleasure, and those that don't are worthless [Metrodorus of Lamp., by Plutarch]