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All the ideas for 'The Sublime and the Good', 'The Essence of Aesthetic' and 'On 'Generation and Corruption''

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7 ideas

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

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The experience of expression and communication are intermingled in art [Croce]

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

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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]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements

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Elements are found last in dismantling bodies, and first in generating them [Albert of Saxony]