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All the ideas for 'The Poverty of Philosophy', 'On Providence' and 'A Rsum of Metaphysics'

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7 ideas

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness

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To be always happy is to lack knowledge of one half of nature [Seneca]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure

5049	Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / a. External goods

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Nothing bad can happen to a good man [Seneca]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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The handmill gives feudalism, the steam mill capitalism [Marx]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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The ocean changes in volume in proportion to the attraction of the moon [Seneca]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

5048	Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

5050	Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz]