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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Metaphysical conseqs of principle of reason' and 'Artistic Value and Opportunistic Moralism'

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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

5060	All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads' [Leibniz]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

22692

A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth [John,E]

22693

The works we value most are in sympathy with our own moral views [John,E]

22694

We should understand what is morally important in a story, without having to endorse it [John,E]

22695

We value morality in art because that is what we care about - but it is a contingent fact [John,E]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 3. Final causes

5059	Power rules in efficient causes, but wisdom rules in connecting them to final causes [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology

5994	Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]