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All the ideas for 'General Draft', 'Letters' and 'The Nature of Musical Expression'

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8 ideas

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]
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]
21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 4. Art as Expression
12165 Romantics say music expresses ideas, or the Will, or intuitions, or feelings [Scruton]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 1. Artistic Intentions
23903 When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 4. Emotion in Art
12164 Expressing melancholy is a good thing, but arousing it is a bad thing [Scruton]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
23901 Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 5. Bible
23904 The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
23902 I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil]