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All the ideas for 'On Sufficient Reason', 'Sociobiology' and 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle'

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5 ideas

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

19404

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

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

2385	If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]

2384	Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics

22187

Genetic behaviours that have enhanced human success include aggression, rape and xenophobia [Wilson,EO, by Okasha]

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]