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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Moral Arguments' and 'Letter to Bramhall'

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism
16620 A chair is wood, and its shape is the form; it isn't 'compounded' of the matter and form [Hobbes]
9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism
16622 Essence is just an artificial word from logic, giving a way of thinking about substances [Hobbes]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / k. Ethics from nature
22375 Moral judgements need more than the relevant facts, if the same facts lead to 'x is good' and 'x is bad' [Foot]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / b. Fact and value
22378 We can't affirm a duty without saying why it matters if it is not performed [Foot]
22377 Whether someone is rude is judged by agreed criteria, so the facts dictate the value [Foot]
22376 Facts and values are connected if we cannot choose what counts as evidence of rightness [Foot]
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]