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All the ideas for 'Necessary Existents', 'fragments/reports' and 'Philosophical Remarks'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 4. Divisions of Philosophy
20771 Six parts: dialectic, rhetoric, ethics, politics, physics, theology [Cleanthes, by Diog. Laertius]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 3. Objects in Thought
22320 An 'object' is just what can be referred to without possible non-existence [Wittgenstein]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
6028 Bodies interact with other bodies, and cuts cause pain, and shame causes blushing, so the soul is a body [Cleanthes, by Nemesius]
17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 1. Physical Mind
20831 The soul suffers when the body hurts, creates redness from shame, and pallor from fear [Cleanthes]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 2. Meaning as Mental
18283 Language pictures the essence of the world [Wittgenstein]
19. Language / A. Nature of Meaning / 5. Meaning as Verification
18282 You can't believe it if you can't imagine a verification for it [Wittgenstein]
19. Language / D. Propositions / 3. Concrete Propositions
19216 Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
5993 The ascending scale of living creatures requires a perfect being [Cleanthes, by Tieleman]