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All the ideas for 'Letters to Thomasius', 'Ancient Philosophy: very short introduction' and 'The Character of Physical Law'

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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]

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy

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People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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The essence of a circle is the equality of its radii [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]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 4. Regularities / a. Regularity theory

9410	Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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Bodies are recreated in motion, and don't exist in intervening instants [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

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Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman]

27. Natural Reality / C. Space / 3. Points in Space

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We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares]