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All the ideas for 'On Motion', 'Letters' and 'Manuscript remains'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

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Philosophers can't be religious, and don't need to be; philosophy is perilous but free [Schopenhauer]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

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As the subject of willing I am wretched, but absorption in knowledge is bliss [Schopenhauer]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions

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When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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To deduce morality from reason is blasphemy, because it is holy, and far above reason [Schopenhauer]

25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality

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Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 1. Relativity / a. Special relativity

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Motion is not absolute, but consists in relation [Leibniz]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 5. Bible

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The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality

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I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil]