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All the ideas for 'General Draft', 'Geometrical Method and Metaphysics' and 'Reply to First Objections'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

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I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

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Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence

3635	Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / a. Cosmological Proof

3634	We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes]