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All the ideas for 'Good and Evil', 'Giordano Bruno and Hermetic Tradition' and 'The Conquest of Happiness'

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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 4. Early European Thought
The dating, in 1614, of the Hermetic writings as post-Christian is the end of the Renaissance [Yates]
The magic of Asclepius enters Renaissance thought mixed into Ficino's neo-platonism [Yates]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good
'Good' is an attributive adjective like 'large', not predicative like 'red' [Geach, by Foot]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
A happy and joyous life must largely be a quiet life [Russell]
23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
Boredom always involves not being fully occupied [Russell]
Boredom is an increasingly strong motivating power [Russell]
Life is now more interesting, but boredom is more frightening [Russell]
Happiness involves enduring boredom, and the young should be taught this [Russell]