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All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Outline of a System of Utilitarianism' and 'The Decline of the West'

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23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Negative utilitarianism implies that the world should be destroyed, to avoid future misery [Smart]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism

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Any group interested in ethics must surely have a sentiment of generalised benevolence [Smart]

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

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

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]