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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'On the Basis of Morality' and 'De primae philosophiae emendatione'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / C. Styles of Reason / 1. Dialectic

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Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

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The concept of forces or powers best reveals the true concept of substance [Leibniz]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

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Reason can be vicious, and great crimes have to be rational [Schopenhauer]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature

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Man's three basic ethical incentives are egoism, malice and compassion [Schopenhauer]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / f. The Mean

3049	The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius]

23. Ethics / D. Deontological Ethics / 1. Deontology

3549	Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 6. Animal Rights

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Philosophy treats animals as exploitable things, ignoring the significance of their lives [Schopenhauer]