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All the ideas for 'works', 'Contrib to Critique of Hegel's Phil of Right' and 'Letters'

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5. Theory of Logic / D. Assumptions for Logic / 3. Contradiction
10121 Contradiction is not a sign of falsity, nor lack of contradiction a sign of truth [Pascal]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
4581 Virtues and vices are like secondary qualities in perception, found in observers, not objects [Hume]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
4580 All virtues benefit either the public, or the individual who possesses them [Hume]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / c. Revolution
21991 The middle class gain freedom through property, but workers can only free all of humanity [Marx, by Singer]
21990 Theory is as much a part of a revolution as material force is [Marx]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 3. Final causes
4579 The idea of a final cause is very uncertain and unphilosophical [Hume]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
20705 That events could be uncaused is absurd; I only say intuition and demonstration don't show this [Hume]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
7128 Religion is the opium of the people, and real happiness requires its abolition [Marx]