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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Of the Origin of Government' and 'Certain Physical Essays'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature

6000	The goal is rationality in the selection of things according to nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

5999	The good is what is perfect by nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice

6001	Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

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The only purpose of government is to administer justice, which brings security [Hume]