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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Properties'', 'Aristotle on Learning to be Good' and 'Julius Caesar'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 1. On Reason

22708

Good reasons must give way to better [Shakespeare]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 6. Ockham's Razor

4037	Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 6. Categorical Properties

4027	Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 12. Denial of Properties

4029	Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 5. Abstracta by Negation

4039	Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / b. Volitionism

20304

The cause of my action is in my will [Shakespeare]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

4377	Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy [Burnyeat]