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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Reasons for Actions and Desires' and 'The Iliad'

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8 ideas

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique
2170 Homer does not distinguish between soul and body [Homer, by Williams,B]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act
2171 The 'will' doesn't exist; there is just conclusion, then action [Homer, by Williams,B]
20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
22393 I don't understand the idea of a reason for acting, but it is probably the agent's interests or desires [Foot]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good
21819 Plato says the Good produces the Intellectual-Principle, which in turn produces the Soul [Homer, by Plotinus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
541 Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / a. Autocracy
11388 Let there be one ruler [Homer]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
542 Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias]
14829 Homer so enjoys the company of the gods that he must have been deeply irreligious [Homer, by Nietzsche]