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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Real Essence' and 'What is the Basis of Moral Obligation?'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / d. Philosophy as puzzles

9254	In philosophy the truth can only be reached via the ruins of the false [Prichard]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

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'Nominal' definitions identify things, but fail to give their essence [Jones,J-E]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism

9256	I see the need to pay a debt in a particular instance, and any instance will do [Prichard]

9257	The complexities of life make it almost impossible to assess morality from a universal viewpoint [Prichard]

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 / 2. Duty

9255	Seeing the goodness of an effect creates the duty to produce it, not the desire [Prichard]