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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Discipline and Punish' and 'Certain Physical Essays'

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14. Science / D. Explanation / 1. Explanation / b. Aims of explanation

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Explanation is generally to deduce it from something better known, which comes in degrees [Boyle]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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The best explanations get down to primary basics, but others go less deep [Boyle]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 4. Changing the State / a. Centralisation

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Power is localised, so we either have totalitarian centralisation, or local politics [Foucault, by Gutting]

25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle

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Prisons gradually became our models for schools, hospitals and factories [Foucault, by Gutting]