Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'The Poetics' and 'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity''

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms

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Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

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Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

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Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]