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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Dispositional Essentialism and the Laws of Nature' and 'Platonism and the Spiritual Life'

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4 ideas

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

23060

The good is not relative, but is rooted in facts about human needs [Santayana]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

17993

Laws are relations of kinds, quantities and qualities, supervening on the essences of a domain [Vetter]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]