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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Epistemology of Modality' and 'Outline of a System of Utilitarianism'

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5 ideas

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / a. Conceivable as possible

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How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism

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Negative utilitarianism implies that the world should be destroyed, to avoid future misery [Smart]

23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism

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Any group interested in ethics must surely have a sentiment of generalised benevolence [Smart]

25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles

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Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure

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Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]