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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle' and 'Letter to G.H. Schaller'

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4 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]
Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]
A thing is free if it acts only by the necessity of its own nature [Spinoza]