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All the ideas for 'Presidential Address of Am. Math. Soc', 'Maxims and Reflections' and 'On Providence'

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5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 2. History of Logic

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We have no adequate logic at the moment, so mathematicians must create one [Veblen]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 5. Empiricism Critique

7544	Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 3. Subjectivism

7541	Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self

7543	We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 5. Natural Beauty

7540	Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness

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To be always happy is to lack knowledge of one half of nature [Seneca]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

7538	The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / a. External goods

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Nothing bad can happen to a good man [Seneca]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

7542	The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe]

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

7539	To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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The ocean changes in volume in proportion to the attraction of the moon [Seneca]