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All the ideas for 'When Does a Life Begin?', 'General Draft' and 'Letters to Russell'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
7085 The main problem of philosophy is what can and cannot be thought and expressed [Wittgenstein, by Grayling]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly
22026 Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]
7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / d. Logical atoms
23463 Atomic facts correspond to true elementary propositions [Wittgenstein]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation
19591 Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 4. Mental Propositions
23490 A thought is mental constituents that relate to reality as words do [Wittgenstein]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion
4055 It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm) [Lockwood]
4056 If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation [Lockwood]
4054 I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult [Lockwood]