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All the ideas for 'What is Art?', 'Giordano Bruno and Hermetic Tradition' and 'Bertrand Russell: Spirit of Solitude'

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

9288	The magic of Asclepius enters Renaissance thought mixed into Ficino's neo-platonism [Yates]

9291	The dating, in 1614, of the Hermetic writings as post-Christian is the end of the Renaissance [Yates]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 6. Judgement / a. Nature of Judgement

7535	If all beliefs are propositional, then belief and judgement are the same thing [Monk]

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

8122	True works of art transmit completely new feelings [Tolstoy]

8121	Art is when one man uses external signs to hand on his feelings to another man [Tolstoy]

8124	The highest feelings of mankind can only be transmitted by art [Tolstoy]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art

8123	The purpose of art is to help mankind to evolve better, more socially beneficial feelings [Tolstoy]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

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People estimate art according to their moral values [Tolstoy]

8125	The upper classes put beauty first, and thus freed themselves from morality [Tolstoy]

8064	We separate the concept of beauty from goodness, unlike the ancients [Tolstoy]