Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Ethical Studies', 'Opus Maius (major works)' and 'On Sufficient Reason'

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4 ideas

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought

19404

Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5655	Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

19403

Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / d. Knowing essences

16745

No one even knows the nature and properties of a fly - why it has that colour, or so many feet [Bacon,R]