6 ideas
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
13165 | Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
9569 | The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus] |
8326 | Science has shown that causal relations are just transfers of energy or momentum [Fair, by Sosa/Tooley] |
10379 | Fair shifted his view to talk of counterfactuals about energy flow [Fair, by Schaffer,J] |