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All the ideas for 'Exigency to Exist in Essences', 'Letter to Shumacher' and 'Ancient Philosophy: very short introduction'

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1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy

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Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge [Annas]

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / c. Classical philosophy

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Plato was the first philosopher who was concerned to systematize his ideas [Annas]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 5. The Infinite / d. Actual infinite

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Actual infinities are not allowed in mathematics - only limits which may increase without bound [Gauss]

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]

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]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Euripides's Medea is a key case of reason versus the passions [Annas]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / a. Nature of virtue

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Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value [Annas]