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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'On Political Reactions' and 'Il Saggiatore ('The Assayer')'

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7 ideas

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / d. Secondary qualities

7401	Heat and colour don't exist, so cannot mislead about the external world [Galileo, by Tuck]

5454	Tastes, odours and colours only reside in consciousness, and would disappear with creatures [Galileo]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / i. Explanations by mechanism

16560

Galileo introduced geometrico-mechanical explanation, based on Archimedes [Galileo, by Machamer/Darden/Craver]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

7903	The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

22439

There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant]

22440

Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 4. Mathematical Nature

3645	To understand the universe mathematics is essential [Galileo]