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All the ideas for 'Letters to Edward Stillingfleet', 'A Free Will' and 'Implications'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / e. Late classical philosophy

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In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M]

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In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 6. Deconstruction

8210	Deconstructing philosophy gives the history of concepts, and the repressions behind them [Derrida]

8211	The movement of 'différance' is the root of all the oppositional concepts in our language [Derrida]

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 / F. Free Will / 2. Sources of Free Will

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The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M]

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For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M]

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The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

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There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M]

29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion

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The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M]