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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Letters to Varignon' and 'The Origins of Totalitarianism'

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4 ideas

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

5996	Critolaus redefined Aristotle's moral aim as fulfilment instead of happiness [Critolaus, by White,SA]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / c. Despotism

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The ideal subject for dictators is not a fanatic, but someone who can't distinguish true from false [Arendt, by Oksala]

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Modern totalitarianism results from lack of social ties or shared goals [Arendt, by Oksala]

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

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Men are related to animals, which are related to plants, then to fossils, and then to the apparently inert [Leibniz]