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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Are Freedom and Equality Compatible?' and 'Spinoza's Ethics'

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1. Philosophy / B. History of Ideas / 5. Later European Thought
21855 Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving
21866 Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
21733 The right-wing conception of freedom is based on the idea of self-ownership [Cohen,GA]
21739 Plenty of people have self-ownership, but still lack autonomy [Cohen,GA]
25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 4. Property rights
21736 It is doubtful whether any private property was originally acquired legitimately [Cohen,GA]
21734 It is plausible that no one has an initial right to own land and natural resources [Cohen,GA]
21735 Every thing which is now private started out as unowned [Cohen,GA]
27. Natural Reality / E. Cosmology / 1. Cosmology
5994 Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG]