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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'The Nature of Musical Expression' and 'Popular Scientific Lectures'

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1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

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

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Romantics say music expresses ideas, or the Will, or intuitions, or feelings [Scruton]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art

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Expressing melancholy is a good thing, but arousing it is a bad thing [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]