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All the ideas for 'Commentary on Euclid's 'Elements'', 'Community and Citizenship' and 'Of Organum or Ars Magna of Thinking'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 1. Nature of Analysis

5021	An idea is analysed perfectly when it is shown a priori that it is possible [Leibniz]

13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / d. Rational foundations

5020	Our thoughts are either dependent, or self-evident. All thoughts seem to end in the self-evident [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus]

18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought

9569	The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5019	Supreme human happiness is the greatest possible increase of his perfection [Leibniz]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 4. Citizenship

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Citizenship involves a group of mutually supporting rights, which create community and equality [Miller,D]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 14. Nationalism

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Socialists reject nationality as a false source of identity [Miller,D]