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All the ideas for 'The Ego and Its Own', 'The Concept of Law' and 'Principles of Nature and Grace based on Reason'

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9 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

5062	First: there must be reasons; Second: why anything at all?; Third: why this? [Leibniz]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

19377

A monad and its body are living, so life is everywhere, and comes in infinite degrees [Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 1. Perception

19353

'Perception' is basic internal representation, and 'apperception' is reflective knowledge of perception [Leibniz]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 7. Animal Minds

5061	Animals are semi-rational because they connect facts, but they don't see causes [Leibniz]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / a. Music

5063	Music charms, although its beauty is the harmony of numbers [Leibniz]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 6. Authentic Self

7073	I am a creative nothing, out of which I myself create everything [Stirner]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

21004

Hart (against Bentham) says human rights are what motivate legal rights [Hart,HLA, by Sen]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system

20932

Positive law needs secondary 'rules of recognition' for their correct application [Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / d. Legal positivism

20931

Hart replaced positivism with the democratic requirement of the people's acceptance [Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]