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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Aristotle and the Metaphysics' and 'Against Euthanasia'

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7 ideas

2. Reason / D. Definition / 1. Definitions

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The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis]

3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 4. Uses of Truth

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'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / b. Essence not necessities

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Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 2. Euthanasia

4051	People will volunteer for euthanasia because they think other people want them dead [Kamisar]

4050	We only allow voluntary euthanasia to someone who is both sane and crazed by pain [Kamisar]