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All the ideas for 'That Politics may be reduced to a Science', 'Discipline and Punish' and 'Geometrical Method and Metaphysics'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations
19398 Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
21093 Friendship without community spirit misses out on the main part of virtue [Hume]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 3. Constitutions
21091 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
21092 Nobility either share in the power of the whole, or they compose the power of the whole [Hume]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / a. Centralisation
21947 Power is localised, so we either have totalitarian centralisation, or local politics [Foucault, by Gutting]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
21946 Prisons gradually became our models for schools, hospitals and factories [Foucault, by Gutting]