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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Free Will Defence' and 'Manuscript remains'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy

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Philosophers can't be religious, and don't need to be; philosophy is perilous but free [Schopenhauer]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

21924

As the subject of willing I am wretched, but absorption in knowledge is bliss [Schopenhauer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

21915

To deduce morality from reason is blasphemy, because it is holy, and far above reason [Schopenhauer]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

1474	Moral evil may be acceptable to God because it allows free will (even though we don't see why this is necessary) [Plantinga, by PG]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / d. Natural Evil

1475	It is logically possible that natural evil like earthquakes is caused by Satan [Plantinga, by PG]