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All the ideas for 'Through the Looking Glass', 'On Note L to Bayle's 'Rorarius'' and 'What is the Basis of Moral Obligation?'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles
9254 In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
21982 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]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind
19355 The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism
19350 We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
9256 I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard]
9257 The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
9255 Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature
19356 Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz]