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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Preface to 'Principles of Philosophy'' and 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 4. Metaphysics as Science

21962

Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes]

2. Reason / F. Fallacies / 4. Circularity

3659	I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes]

11. Knowledge Aims / B. Certain Knowledge / 1. Certainty

3657	Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes]

16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will

2384	Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]

2385	If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

3660	Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes]