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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Introduction to Philosophical Papers I' and 'fragments/reports'

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3 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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I tried to be unsystematic and piecemeal, but failed; my papers presuppose my other views [Lewis]

6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 6. Constitution of an Object

6019	If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus]