Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Clitophon', 'works' and 'The Wealth of Nations'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance

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We accept substance, to avoid infinite backwards chains of meaning [Wittgenstein, by Potter]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism

1590	The just man does not harm his enemies, but benefits everyone [Plato]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism

20991

People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A]

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism

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Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari]