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All the ideas for 'On the Elements of Being: I', 'Theory of Knowledge (2nd edn)' and 'Idea for a Universal History'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

2945	Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer]

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis

2946	You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 3. Pure Reason

21054

Reason enables the unbounded extension of our rules and intentions [Kant]

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]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

21053

The manifest will in the world of phenomena has to conform to the laws of nature [Kant]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / d. Liberal freedom

21055

Our aim is a constitution which combines maximum freedom with strong restraint [Kant]

21056

The vitality of business needs maximum freedom (while avoiding harm to others) [Kant]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 1. Basis of justice

21057

The highest ideal of social progress is a universal cosmopolitan existence [Kant]