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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Method and Results' and 'Aristotle and the Metaphysics'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions
11257 The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis]
3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 4. Uses of Truth
11235 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing
11277 Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities
11248 Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis]
17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 6. Epiphenomenalism
3157 T.H.Huxley gave the earliest clear statement of epiphenomenalism [Huxley, by Rey]
3154 Brain causes mind, but it doesn't seem that mind causes actions [Huxley]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
7903 The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]