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All the ideas for 'works', 'Towards a Universal Characteristic' and 'fragments/reports'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

1749	If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder]

5. Theory of Logic / A. Overview of Logic / 4. Pure Logic

19370

'Blind thought' is reasoning without recognition of the ingredients of the reasoning [Leibniz, by Arthur,R]

5. Theory of Logic / K. Features of Logics / 5. Incompleteness

19391

We can assign a characteristic number to every single object [Leibniz]

6. Mathematics / A. Nature of Mathematics / 4. Using Numbers / g. Applying mathematics

19390

Everything is subsumed under number, which is a metaphysical statics of the universe, revealing powers [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics

3558	Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5835	The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 3. Cyrenaic School

3018	People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]

1751	Pleasure is the good, because we always seek it, it satisfies us, and its opposite is the most avoidable thing [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

1755	Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

16713

Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]