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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy'' and 'The Concept of Dread (/Anxiety)'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

21962

Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

22098

Socrates neglects the gap between knowing what is good and doing good [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

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

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

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

22096

Anxiety is not a passing mood, but a response to human freedom [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

22097

The ultimate in life is learning to be anxious in the right way [Kierkegaard]

21909

Ultimate knowledge is being anxious in the right way [Kierkegaard]

20758

Anxiety is staring into the yawning abyss of freedom [Kierkegaard]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]