Combining Philosophers

Ideas for H.Putnam/P.Oppenheim, Wesley Salmon and Friedrich Nietzsche

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers
Storms are wonderful expressions of free powers! [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: How different the lightning, the storm, the hail, free powers, without ethics! How happy, how powerful they are, pure will, untarnished by intellect!
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (Works (refs to 8 vol Colli and Montinari) [1885], 2.122), quoted by Rüdiger Safranski - Nietzsche: a philosophical biography 02
     A reaction: Nietzsche was a perfect embodiment of the Romantic Movement! I take this to be a deep observation, since I think raw powers are the most fundamental aspect of nature. Schopenhauer is behind this idea.
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties
A thing has no properties if it has no effect on other 'things' [Nietzsche]
     Full Idea: The properties of a thing are effects on other 'things'; if one removes other 'things', then a thing has no properties.
     From: Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §557)
     A reaction: This is a causal theory of properties. A counterexample is a potential property, like a bomb which never explodes.