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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Fragments', 'works' and 'The Wealth of Nations'

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7 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets

3340	Von Neumann defines each number as the set of all smaller numbers [Neumann, by Blackburn]

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 8. Critique of Set Theory

3355	Von Neumann wanted mathematical functions to replace sets [Neumann, by Benardete,JA]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 3. Nature of Numbers / e. Ordinal numbers

22716

Von Neumann defined ordinals as the set of all smaller ordinals [Neumann, by Poundstone]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

16007

I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

16013

Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism

20991

People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A]

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

20680

Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari]