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All the ideas for 'Dialogue on human freedom and origin of evil', 'Power/Knowledge' and 'Cogitata et Visa'

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6 ideas

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 2. Geometry

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Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

3648	Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / b. Fate

13162

Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [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]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

19339

Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz]

13164

God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz]