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All the ideas for 'On Sufficient Reason', 'The Xunzi' and 'Whitehead: process and cosmology'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

15390

Metaphysics attempts to give an account of everything, in terms of categories and principles [Simons]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 1. Laws of Thought

19404

Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / d. Teaching virtue

23405

Rituals escape natural chaos, and benefit everyone, by reshaping our motivations [Xunzi (Xun Kuang), by Norden]

23406

Rituals don't arise from human nature; they are the deliberate creations of a sage [Xunzi (Xun Kuang)]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

19403

Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz]