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All the ideas for 'Letters to Wolff', 'Intro to Oxford Hndbk of Metaphysics' and 'Power/Knowledge'

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 6. Metaphysics as Conceptual

9217	Modern empirical metaphysics focuses on ontological commitments of discourse, or on presuppositions [Loux/Zimmerman]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

13191

The properties of a thing flow from its essence [Leibniz]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power

8991	Foucault can't accept that power is sometimes decent and benign [Foucault, by Scruton]