Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'The Tragic Sense of Life' and 'Opus Maius (major works)'

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4 ideas

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 1. A People / a. Human distinctiveness

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Maybe humans are distinguished from other animals by feelings, rather than reason [Unamuno]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences

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No one even knows the nature and properties of a fly - why it has that colour, or so many feet [Bacon,R]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 2. Thermodynamics / b. Heat

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Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau]

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Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule]