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All the ideas for 'Saundaranandakavya', 'Reply to Fifth Objections' and 'When Does a Life Begin?'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy

7910	Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

3626	Knowing the attributes is enough to reveal a substance [Descartes]

12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge

3630	Our thinking about external things doesn't disprove the existence of innate ideas [Descartes]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts

3631	A blind man may still contain the idea of colour [Descartes]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

4055	It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm) [Lockwood]

4054	I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult [Lockwood]

4056	If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation [Lockwood]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

3639	Necessary existence is a property which is uniquely part of God's essence [Descartes]

3640	Possible existence is a perfection in the idea of a triangle [Descartes]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7909	The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven

7908	At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha]