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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'A Puzzle Concerning Matter and Form' and 'Philosophical Implications of Mathematical logic'

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

20768

Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

5. Theory of Logic / C. Ontology of Logic / 1. Ontology of Logic

22329

Logic is highly general truths abstracted from reality [Russell, by Glock]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

16755

The possible Aristotelian view that forms are real and active principles is clearly wrong [Fine,K, by Pasnau]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

21569

It is good to generalise truths as much as possible [Russell]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

3049	The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

3549	Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas]