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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments' and 'Is There a Marxist Doctrine?'

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6 ideas

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 3. Value of Truth
23877 Most people won't question an idea's truth if they depend on it [Weil]
20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
23878 Weakness of will is the inadequacy of the original impetus to carry through the action [Weil]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention
23879 In a violent moral disagreement, it can't be that both sides are just following social morality [Weil]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck
5126 A carelessly thrown brick is condemned much more if it hits someone [Smith,A, by Harman]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 1. War / b. Justice in war
23880 When war was a profession, customary morality justified any act of war [Weil]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
19399 Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]