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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Resurrecting Biological Essentialism' and 'The Bacchae'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

9283	Our ancient beliefs can never be overthrown by subtle arguments [Euripides]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species

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Essentialism concerns the nature of a group, not its category [Devitt]

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Things that gradually change, like species, can still have essences [Devitt]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species

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We name species as small to share properties, but large enough to yield generalisations [Devitt]

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Species are phenetic, biological, niche, or phylogenetic-cladistic [Devitt, by PG]