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All the ideas for 'Classical Cosmology (frags)', 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle' and 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy''

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

21962

Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

2385	If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]

2384	Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]

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]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]