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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Reply to Fifth Objections' and 'On Political Reactions'

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8 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
Knowing the attributes is enough to reveal a substance [Descartes]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge
Our thinking about external things doesn't disprove the existence of innate ideas [Descartes]
18. Thought / D. Concepts / 2. Origin of Concepts / c. Nativist concepts
A blind man may still contain the idea of colour [Descartes]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty
There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant]
Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant]
28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
Possible existence is a perfection in the idea of a triangle [Descartes]
Necessary existence is a property which is uniquely part of God's essence [Descartes]