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All the ideas for 'General Draft', 'Animal Rights talk' and 'The Iliad'

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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]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

2170	Homer does not distinguish between soul and body [Homer, by Williams,B]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

2171	The 'will' doesn't exist; there is just conclusion, then action [Homer, by Williams,B]

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

21819

Plato says the Good produces the Intellectual-Principle, which in turn produces the Soul [Homer, by Plotinus]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / a. Autocracy

11388

Let there be one ruler [Homer]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

5064	Rights are moral significance, or liberty, or right not to be restrained, or entitlement [Mawson]

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

14829

Homer so enjoys the company of the gods that he must have been deeply irreligious [Homer, by Nietzsche]