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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Prolegomena to Ethics' and 'Ordinatio'

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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / b. Nominalism about universals
9103 A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
9104 A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / a. Idealistic ethics
23035 The good life aims at perfections, or absolute laws, or what is absolutely desirable [Green,TH]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / c. Liberal equality
23037 People are improved by egalitarian institutions and habits [Green,TH]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 6. Liberalism / e. Liberal community
23043 All talk of the progress of a nation must reduce to the progress of its individual members [Green,TH]
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]