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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Life of Pythagoras' and 'An Introduction to Hegel'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics

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The moral will is self-determining, but the ethical will is met in society [Houlgate]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / b. Euthyphro question

1515	Pythagoreans believe it is absurd to seek for goodness anywhere except with the gods [Iamblichus]