Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'Contemporary Efficient Causation: Aristotelian themes' and 'The Origins of Totalitarianism'

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16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection

3102	Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / c. Despotism

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Modern totalitarianism results from lack of social ties or shared goals [Arendt, by Oksala]

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The ideal subject for dictators is not a fanatic, but someone who can't distinguish true from false [Arendt, by Oksala]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 1. Causation

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Causation interests us because we want to explain change [Mumford]