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All the ideas for 'Particulars in Particular Clothing', 'Defining 'Intrinsic' (with Rae Langton)' and 'Fragments on My Philosophical Development'

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6 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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Interdefinition is useless by itself, but if we grasp one separately, we have them both [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 4. Intrinsic Properties

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We must avoid circularity between what is intrinsic and what is natural [Lewis, by Cameron]

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A property is 'intrinsic' iff it can never differ between duplicates [Lewis]

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Ellipsoidal stars seem to have an intrinsic property which depends on other objects [Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

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Internal relations combine some tropes into a nucleus, which bears the non-essential tropes [Simons, by Edwards]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / i. Absolute virtues

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Egoism is the only evil, love the only good; genuine love produces all the other virtues [Feuerbach]