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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'Are Persons Bodies?' and 'Contributions to Philosophy'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 3. Individual Essences

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Every individual thing which exists has an essence, which is its internal constitution [Locke]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

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If it is knowledge, it is certain; if it isn't certain, it isn't knowledge [Locke]

16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons

3238	'Dead person' isn't a contradiction, so 'person' is somewhat vague [Williams,B]

3239	You can only really love a person as a token, not as a type [Williams,B]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

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Culture is now dominated by boredom, so universal it is unnoticed [Heidegger, by Aho]