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All the ideas for 'The Nature of Musical Expression', 'On a supposed right to lie' and 'De aequopollentia causae et effectus'

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5 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
12735 Everything has a fixed power, as required by God, and by the possibility of reasoning [Leibniz]
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 / 4. Emotion in Art
12164 Expressing melancholy is a good thing, but arousing it is a bad thing [Scruton]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 3. Promise Keeping
22442 If lies were ever acceptable, with would undermine all duties based on contract [Kant]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
22441 The law will protect you if you tell a truth which results in murder [Kant]