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All the ideas for 'A Résumé of Metaphysics', 'Letters to Varignon' and 'The Decline of the West'

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5 ideas

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure

5049	Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 5. Culture

20948

Human cultures are organisms which grow, and then fade and die [Spengler, by Bowie]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

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Men are related to animals, which are related to plants, then to fossils, and then to the apparently inert [Leibniz]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

5048	Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

5050	Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz]