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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Explanations', 'On Female Body Experience' and 'A Free Will'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / e. Late classical philosophy

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In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M]

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In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 4. Belief / c. Aim of beliefs

3570	Maybe knowledge is belief which 'tracks' the truth [Nozick, by Williams,M]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 4. Tracking the Facts

2748	A true belief isn't knowledge if it would be believed even if false. It should 'track the truth' [Nozick, by Dancy,J]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

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For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M]

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The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M]

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The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M]

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

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There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 12. Feminism

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As a young girl assumes her status as feminine, she acts in a more fragile immobile way [Young,IM]

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion

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The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M]