Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle' and 'Of Liberty and Necessity'

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4 ideas

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency
'Contingent' means that the cause is unperceived, not that there is no cause [Hobbes]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]
If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle]