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All the ideas for 'Symposium', 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy'' and 'Wiener Logik'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

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Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

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A simplification which is complete constitutes a definition [Kant]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

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Logic gives us the necessary rules which show us how we ought to think [Kant]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

13. Knowledge Criteria / A. Justification Problems / 3. Internal or External / b. Pro-externalism

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If we knew what we know, we would be astonished [Kant]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5845	Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]