Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Of Civil Liberty', 'The Nature and Communication of Substance' and 'The Xunzi'

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5 ideas

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

2596	Maybe mind and body are parallel, like two good clocks [Leibniz]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue

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Rituals escape natural chaos, and benefit everyone, by reshaping our motivations [Xunzi (Xun Kuang), by Norden]

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Rituals don't arise from human nature; they are the deliberate creations of a sage [Xunzi (Xun Kuang)]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / b. Monarchy

21097

Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume]

28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof

2595	If the universe is a perfect agreement of uncommunicating substances, there must be a common source [Leibniz]