Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On the Elements of Being: I', 'Creating the Kingdom of Ends' and 'The Discourses'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8508	A 'trope' is an abstract particular, the occurrence of an essence [Williams,DC]

8509	A world is completely constituted by its tropes and their connections [Williams,DC]

8510	'Socrates is wise' means a concurrence sum contains a member of a similarity set [Williams,DC]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Maybe final value rests on the extrinsic property of being valued by a rational agent [Korsgaard, by Orsi]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 2. Religion in Society

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All legislators invoke God in support of extraordinary laws, because their justification is not obvious [Machiavelli]

7126	Rulers should preserve the foundations of religion, to ensure good behaviour and unity [Machiavelli]