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All the ideas for 'On the spiritual perfection of life', 'The Concept of Dread (/Anxiety)' and '64: Gryllus - on Rationality in Animals'

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9 ideas

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

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Arguing with opponents uncovers truths, and restrains falsehoods [Aquinas]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

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Socrates neglects the gap between knowing what is good and doing good [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

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

1477	Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure

1478	Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst

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Anxiety is not a passing mood, but a response to human freedom [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]

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The ultimate in life is learning to be anxious in the right way [Kierkegaard]

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Ultimate knowledge is being anxious in the right way [Kierkegaard]

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Anxiety is staring into the yawning abyss of freedom [Kierkegaard]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

1479	Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch]