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All the ideas for 'Truth, Correspondence, Explanation and Knowledge', 'Human Society in Ethics and Politics' and 'God in Plato'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy
Among the Greeks Aristotle is the only philosopher in the modern style [Weil]
3. Truth / B. Truthmakers / 1. For Truthmakers
We want to know what makes sentences true, rather than defining 'true' [McFetridge]
7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / a. Facts
We normally explain natural events by citing further facts [McFetridge]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question
If God's decrees are good, and this is not a mere tautology, then goodness is separate from God's decrees [Russell]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
The only legitimate proof of God by order derives from beauty [Weil]