10 ideas
| 12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
| 12887 | A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim] |
| 10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
| 12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
| 12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
| 20887 | A rape disregards the status of being a person - but so does all assault [Foa] |
| 20888 | Rape of children is dreadful, but no one thinks children should have a right of consent [Foa] |
| 20889 | If men should lust and women shouldn't, that makes rape the prevalent sexual model [Foa] |
| 12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
| 12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |