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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Idea of Equality' and 'Upon Nothing: Swansea lecture'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy
8988 Two marxist ideas have dominated in France: base and superstructure, and ideology [Scruton]
1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction
8987 On the surface of deconstructive writing, technicalities float and then drift away [Scruton]
8992 Deconstruction is the last spasm of romanticism, now become hopeless and destructive [Scruton]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / h. Respect
3236 Equality of opportunity without equality of respect would create a very inhuman society [Williams,B]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract
8989 The benefits of social freedom outweigh the loneliness, doubt and alienation it brings [Scruton]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 3. Conservatism
8990 So-called 'liberation' is the enemy of freedom, destroying the very structures that are needed [Scruton]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
3233 Equality implies that people are alike in potential as well as in needs [Williams,B]
3234 Equality seems to require that each person be acknowledged as having a significant point of view [Williams,B]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 4. Economic equality
3235 It is a mark of extreme exploitation that the sufferers do not realise their plight [Williams,B]
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]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution
5989 Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]