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All the ideas for 'Particulars in Particular Clothing', 'Deriving Kripkean Claims with Abstract Objects' and 'The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism'

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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]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 2. Abstract Objects / a. Nature of abstracta

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Abstract objects are actually constituted by the properties by which we conceive them [Zalta]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection

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Abstract objects are captured by second-order modal logic, plus 'encoding' formulas [Zalta]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 2. Duty

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The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber]

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

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Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber]

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When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber]

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Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber]

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Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

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Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber]