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All the ideas for 'Of Civil Liberty', 'Intro to Oxford Hndbk of Metaphysics' and 'Necessary Truth'

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

9217	Modern empirical metaphysics focuses on ontological commitments of discourse, or on presuppositions [Loux/Zimmerman]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 11. Denial of Necessity

4577	There is no necessity higher than natural necessity, and that is just regularity [Quine]

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]