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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Short History of Modern Philosophy' and 'Real Natures and Familiar Objects'

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10 ideas

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

5637	Nowadays logic is seen as the science of extensions, not intensions [Scruton]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 1. Nature of Properties

13795

Properties only have identity in the context of their contraries [Elder]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / c. Statue and clay

13798

Maybe we should give up the statue [Elder]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

13797

The loss of an essential property means the end of an existence [Elder]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties

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Essential properties by nature occur in clusters or packages [Elder]

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Essential properties are bound together, and would be lost together [Elder]

18. Thought / C. Content / 2. Ideas

5636	Cartesian 'ideas' confuse concepts and propositions [Scruton]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]

24. Political Theory / A. Basis of a State / 3. Natural Values / c. Natural rights

5660	Allegiance is prior to the recognition of individual rights [Scruton]

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

5653	A right is a power which is enforced in the name of justice [Scruton]