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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Recent Aesthetics in England and America' and 'Spinoza's Ethics'

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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

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Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]

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

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Aesthetics has risen and fallen with Romanticism [Scruton]

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

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Aesthetic experience informs the world with the values of the observer [Scruton]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]