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All the ideas for 'On Anger (Book 3)', 'Political Liberalism' and 'works'

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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]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
13554 True greatness is never allowing events to disturb you [Seneca]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
13556 Every night I critically review how I have behaved during the day [Seneca]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / b. Temperance
13552 Anger is an extreme vice, threatening sanity, and gripping whole states [Seneca]
13553 Anger is a vice which afflicts good men as well as bad [Seneca]
23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 3. Universalisability
21051 Check your rationality by thinking of your opinion pronounced by the supreme court [Rawls]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract
21119 Power is only legitimate if it is reasonable for free equal citizens to endorse the constitution [Rawls]