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All the ideas for 'That Politics may be reduced to a Science', 'An Essay on Free Will' and 'Wang's Paradox'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / b. Vagueness of reality

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To say reality itself is vague is not properly intelligible [Dummett]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 7. Compatibilism

6981	Determinism clashes with free will, as the past determines action, and is beyond our control [Inwagen, by Jackson]

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]