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All the ideas for 'When Does a Life Begin?', 'Letters to Thomasius' and 'Hippias Major'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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The essence of a circle is the equality of its radii [Leibniz]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

299	What is fine is always difficult [Plato]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

297	What is fine is the parent of goodness [Plato]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 3. Abortion

4054	I may exist before I become a person, just as I exist before I become an adult [Lockwood]

4056	If the soul is held to leave the body at brain-death, it should arrive at the time of brain-creation [Lockwood]

4055	It isn't obviously wicked to destroy a potential human being (e.g. an ununited egg and sperm) [Lockwood]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 5. Sexual Morality

298	While sex is very pleasant, it should be in secret, as it looks contemptible [Plato]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / a. Explaining movement

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Bodies are recreated in motion, and don't exist in intervening instants [Leibniz]