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All the ideas for 'Sketch for Theory of Emotions', 'On Cruelty' and 'The Guide of the Perplexed'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought

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Montaigne was the founding father of liberalism [Montaigne, by Gopnik]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / b. Essence of consciousness

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Consciousness always transcends itself [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / a. Nature of emotions

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An emotion and its object form a unity, so emotion is a mode of apprehension [Sartre]

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Emotion is one of our modes of understanding our Being-in-the-World [Sartre]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

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Emotions are a sort of bodily incantation which brings a magic to the world [Sartre]

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Emotions makes us believe in and live in a new world [Sartre]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

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States have a monopoly of legitimate violence [Sartre, by Wolff,J]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature

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We can approach knowledge of God by negative attributes [Maimonides]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity

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Thinking of God as resembling humans results from a bad translation of Genesis 1:26 [Maimonides]