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All the ideas for 'Good and Evil', 'The Fourth Revolution' and 'Grundlagen (Foundations of Theory of Manifolds)'

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4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 1. Set Theory

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Cantor developed sets from a progression into infinity by addition, multiplication and exponentiation [Cantor, by Lavine]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 5. First-Order Logic

20100

Classical liberalism seeks freedom of opinion, of private life, of expression, and of property [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers

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Ordinals are generated by endless succession, followed by a limit ordinal [Cantor, by Lavine]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

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'Good' is an attributive adjective like 'large', not predicative like 'red' [Geach, by Foot]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 8. Socialism

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The welfare state aims at freedom from want, and equality of opportunity [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 9. Communism

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For communists history is driven by the proletariat [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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Fans of economic freedom claim that capitalism is self-correcting [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights

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Roman law entrenched property rights [Micklethwait/Wooldridge]