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All the ideas for 'Exigency to Exist in Essences', 'Intro to Classical Chinese Philosophy' and 'The Logic of Boundaryless Concepts'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 2. Ancient Thought

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The Dao (Way) first means the road, and comes to mean the right way to live [Norden]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 3. Hermeneutics

23408

The hermeneutic circle is either within the text, or between text and biased reader [Norden]

23407

Heremeneutics is either 'faith' (examining truth) or 'suspicion' (looking for hidden motives) [Norden]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 3. Value of Logic

9390	Logic guides thinking, but it isn't a substitute for it [Rumfitt]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz]

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God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / e. Vague objects

9389	Vague membership of sets is possible if the set is defined by its concept, not its members [Rumfitt]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 1. Possible Worlds / a. Possible worlds

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The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz]