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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Letters to Thomas Burnett' and 'The Apology'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

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The notion of substance is one of the keys to true philosophy [Leibniz]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

1655	If goodness needs true opinion but not knowledge, you can skip the 'examined life' [Vlastos on Plato]

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

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Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

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The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré]