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All the ideas for 'works', 'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'' and 'Moral Beliefs'

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9 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms

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Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

17946

Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

17944

'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / e. Ethical cognitivism

23683

Moral norms are objective, connected to facts about human goods [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

23684

Morality gives everyone reasons to act, irrespective of their desires [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

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We all have reason to cultivate the virtues, even when we lack the desire [Foot, by Hacker-Wright]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good

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The meaning of 'good' and other evaluations must include the object to which they attach [Foot]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

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Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]