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All the ideas for 'talk', 'works' and 'Last Fragments'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

1403	A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

19594

General statements about nature are not valid [Novalis]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

19596

The whole body is involved in the formation of thoughts [Novalis]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / a. Preconditions for ethics

20739

Levinas took 'first philosophy' to begin with seeing the vulnerable faces of others [Levinas, by Aho]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

20445

Levinas says Marxism is the replacement of individualist ethics, by solidarity and sociality [Levinas, by Critchley]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / d. Study of history

19593

Persons are shaped by a life history; splendid persons are shaped by world history [Novalis]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

19595

Nature is a whole, and its individual parts cannot be wholly understood [Novalis]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

19592

The basic relations of nature are musical [Novalis]