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All the ideas for 'De primae philosophiae emendatione', 'The Concept of Law' and 'Euthydemus'

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10 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

304	Beautiful things must be different from beauty itself, but beauty itself must be present in each of them [Plato]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

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The concept of forces or powers best reveals the true concept of substance [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 1. Knowledge

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Knowing how to achieve immortality is pointless without the knowledge how to use immortality [Plato]

13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 3. Reliabilism / a. Reliable knowledge

303	Say how many teeth the other has, then count them. If you are right, we will trust your other claims [Plato]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

302	What knowledge is required to live well? [Plato]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge

301	Only knowledge of some sort is good [Plato]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

305	Something which lies midway between two evils is better than either of them [Plato]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

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Hart (against Bentham) says human rights are what motivate legal rights [Hart,HLA, by Sen]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system

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Positive law needs secondary 'rules of recognition' for their correct application [Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / d. Legal positivism

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Hart replaced positivism with the democratic requirement of the people's acceptance [Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]