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All the ideas for 'That Politics may be reduced to a Science', 'Slaughterhouse Five' and 'The Realm of Matter'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

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The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

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Out of more than a hundred planets, Earth is the only one with the idea of free will [Vonnegut]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

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Friendship without community spirit misses out on the main part of virtue [Hume]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions

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It would be absurd if even a free constitution did not impose restraints, for the public good [Hume]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / d. Elites

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Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole [Hume]