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All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'Possible Worlds' and 'The Handbook [Encheiridion]'

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8 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence

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Lewis's distinction of 'existing' from 'being actual' is Meinong's between 'existing' and 'subsisting' [Lycan on Lewis]

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]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / d. Possible worlds actualism

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Lewis can't know possible worlds without first knowing what is possible or impossible [Lycan on Lewis]

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What are the ontological grounds for grouping possibilia into worlds? [Lycan on Lewis]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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We see nature's will in the ways all people are the same [Epictetus]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / f. Compassion

4022	Epictetus says we should console others for misfortune, but not be moved by pity [Epictetus, by Taylor,C]

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If someone is weeping, you should sympathise and help, but not share his suffering [Epictetus]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / a. Right to punish

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Perhaps we should persuade culprits that their punishment is just? [Epictetus]