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All the ideas for 'Free Will as Involving Determinism', 'The Wanderer and his Shadow' and 'On 'Physics''

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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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Successive entities are in flux, flowing in existence, with different parts at different times [Oresme]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism

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Determinism threatens free will if actions can be causally traced to external factors [Foot]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

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Not all actions need motives, but it is irrational to perform troublesome actions with no motive [Foot]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character

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People can act out of vanity without being vain, or even vain about this kind of thing [Foot]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / b. Limited purposes

4422	The end need not be the goal, as in the playing of a melody (and yet it must be completed) [Nietzsche]