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All the ideas for 'Explaining the A Priori', 'Apology for Raymond Sebond' and 'New System and Explanation of New System'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

6259	Why can't a wise man doubt everything? [Montaigne]

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

6263	No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air [Montaigne]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth

6258	Virtue is the distinctive mark of truth, and its greatest product [Montaigne]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

5044	Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

6262	We lack some sense or other, and hence objects may have hidden features [Montaigne]

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 1. Scepticism

6260	Sceptics say there is truth, but no means of making or testing lasting judgements [Montaigne]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 1. Mind / d. Location of mind

6261	The soul is in the brain, as shown by head injuries [Montaigne]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

5045	No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism

5046	The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz]

18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / a. Origin of concepts

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The concept 'red' is tied to what actually individuates red things [Peacocke]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

5043	To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz]