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All the ideas for 'Lectures on Ethics', 'On Body and Force, Against the Cartesians' and 'works'

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7 ideas

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / h. Explanations by function

13195

To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

13193

Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 1. Nature of Free Will

3447	All theory is against free will, and all experience is in favour of it [Johnson,S]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

19739

The maxim for suicide is committed to the value of life, and is thus contradictory [Kant]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature

13194

God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

13196

All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz]

13192

Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz]