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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy' and 'Morality and the emotions'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought

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The Dao (Way) first means the road, and comes to mean the right way to live [Norden]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

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The hermeneutic circle is either within the text, or between text and biased reader [Norden]

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Heremeneutics is either 'faith' (examining truth) or 'suspicion' (looking for hidden motives) [Norden]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / c. Role of emotions

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Reference to a person's emotions is often essential to understanding their actions [Williams,B]

18. Thought / A. Modes of Thought / 3. Emotions / g. Controlling emotions

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Moral education must involve learning about various types of feeling towards things [Williams,B]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

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Emotivism saw morality as expressing emotions, and influencing others' emotions [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

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An admirable human being should have certain kinds of emotional responses [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

7903	The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 6. Motivation for Duty

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Kant's love of consistency is too rigid, and it even overrides normal fairness [Williams,B]