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All the ideas for 'The Evolution of Modern Metaphysics', 'reports' and 'Anarchical Fallacies: on the Declaration of Rights'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

21959

Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / b. Transcendental idealism

21958

Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW]

16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 4. Denial of the Self

5517	Individuals don't exist, but are conventional names for sets of elements [Buddha]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

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Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts [Bentham]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

21003

Only laws can produce real rights; rights from 'law of nature' are imaginary [Bentham]

29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism

7600	The Buddha believed the gods would eventually disappear, and Nirvana was much higher [Buddha, by Armstrong,K]

7601	Life is suffering, from which only compassion, gentleness, truth and sobriety can save us [Buddha]