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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Against the Ethicists (one book)' and 'The New Organon'

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8 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

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Reasoning is impossible without a preconception [Sext.Empiricus]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

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Only individual bodies exist [Bacon]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal

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There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

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Saying the good is useful or choiceworth or happiness-creating is not the good, but a feature of it [Sext.Empiricus]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good

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Like a warming fire, what is good by nature should be good for everyone [Sext.Empiricus]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

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If a desire is itself desirable, then we shouldn't desire it, as achieving it destroys it [Sext.Empiricus]

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

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