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All the ideas for 'Works of Love', 'Evil and Omnipotence' and 'Spinoza's Ethics'

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought

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Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving

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Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

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Perfect love is not in spite of imperfections; the imperfections must be loved as well [Kierkegaard]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / a. Problem of Evil

1472	The propositions that God is good and omnipotent, and that evil exists, are logically contradictory [Mackie, by PG]

1473	Is evil an illusion, or a necessary contrast, or uncontrollable, or necessary for human free will? [Mackie, by PG]