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All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'On Sufficient Reason' and 'On the analysis of moral judgements'

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11 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought

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Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

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Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]

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

6968	Some people think there are ethical facts, but of a 'queer' sort [Ayer]

6972	A right attitude is just an attitude one is prepared to stand by [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

6973	Moral theories are all meta-ethical, and are neutral as regards actual conduct [Ayer]

6974	Moral judgements cannot be the logical consequence of a moral philosophy [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / c. Ethical intuitionism

6971	I would describe intuitions of good as feelings of approval [Ayer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / h. Expressivism

6969	Approval of historical or fictional murders gives us leave to imitate them [Ayer]

6970	Moral judgements are not expressions, but are elements in a behaviour pattern [Ayer]

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

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Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz]