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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Title, Unity, Authenticity of the 'Categories'' and 'De Legibus Naturae'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / b. Early medieval philosophy

16137

Earlier views of Aristotle were dominated by 'Categories' [Frede,M]

2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 7. Status of Reason

6222	If a decision is in accord with right reason, everyone can agree with it [Cumberland]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / d. Biological ethics

6217	Natural law is supplied to the human mind by reality and human nature [Cumberland]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / f. Ultimate value

6221	If there are different ultimate goods, there will be conflicting good actions, which is impossible [Cumberland]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

6218	The happiness of individuals is linked to the happiness of everyone (which is individuals taken together) [Cumberland]

6220	The happiness of all contains the happiness of each, and promotes it [Cumberland]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / c. Natural law

6216	Natural law is immutable truth giving moral truths and duties independent of society [Cumberland]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]