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All the ideas for 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy', 'Power/Knowledge' and 'Anarchical Fallacies: on the Declaration of Rights'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

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Natural rights are nonsense, and unspecified natural rights is nonsense on stilts [Bentham]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

8991	Foucault can't accept that power is sometimes decent and benign [Foucault, by Scruton]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

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Only laws can produce real rights; rights from 'law of nature' are imaginary [Bentham]