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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Lagoon: how Aristotle invented science' and 'The Sublime and the Good'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

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The Pre-Socratics are not simple naturalists, because they do not always 'leave the gods out' [Leroi]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 1. Defining Art

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We should first decide what are the great works of art, with aesthetic theory following from that [Murdoch]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 6. Value of Art

22715

Great art proves the absurdity of art for art's sake [Murdoch]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

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Because art is love, it improves us morally [Murdoch]

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Art and morals are essentially the same, and are both identical with love [Murdoch]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

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Love is realising something other than oneself is real [Murdoch]