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All the ideas for 'The Value of Science', 'Outline of a System of Utilitarianism' and 'Self-Reliance'

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2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 9. Limits of Reason

6558	A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds [Emerson]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Negative utilitarianism implies that the world should be destroyed, to avoid future misery [Smart]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism

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Any group interested in ethics must surely have a sentiment of generalised benevolence [Smart]

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]