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All the ideas for 'Demonstratives', 'Dialogue on human freedom and origin of evil' and 'Letters to Regius'

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8 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

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Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Substantial forms are not understood, and explain nothing [Descartes]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate

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Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [Leibniz]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics

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Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

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'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / c. Angels

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An angelic mind would not experience pain, even when connected to a human body [Descartes, by Pasnau]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

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Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz]

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God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz]