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Single Idea 13077
[filed under theme 9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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Full Idea
Apart from those that depend on others, one must only consider together all the basic predicates in order to form the complete concept of Adam adequate to deduce from it everything that is ever to happen to him, as much as is necessary to account for it.
Gist of Idea
Basic predicates give the complete concept, which then predicts all of the actions
Source
Gottfried Leibniz (Letters to Antoine Arnauld [1686], 1686.06)
Book Ref
Leibniz,Gottfried: 'The Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence', ed/tr. Mason,HT/Parkinson,GHR [Manchester UP 1967], p.48
A Reaction
This (implausibly) goes beyond mere prediction of properties. Eve's essence seems to be relevant to Adam's life. Note that the complete concept is not every predicate, but only those 'necessary' to predict the events. Cf Idea 13082.
Related Ideas
Idea 13082
The complete concept of an individual includes contingent properties, as well as necessary ones [Leibniz]
Idea 13089
To fully conceive the subject is to explain the resulting predicates and events [Leibniz]
The
42 ideas
from 'Letters to Antoine Arnauld'
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15955
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I think the corpuscular theory, rather than forms or qualities, best explains particular phenomena
[Leibniz]
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12903
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Wise people have fewer acts of will, because such acts are linked together
[Leibniz]
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5031
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Everything which happens is not necessary, but is certain after God chooses this universe
[Leibniz]
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5030
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Miracles are extraordinary operations by God, but are nevertheless part of his design
[Leibniz]
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12904
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If varieties of myself can be conceived of as distinct from me, then they are not me
[Leibniz]
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12905
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I cannot think my non-existence, nor exist without being myself
[Leibniz]
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12906
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Truths about species are eternal or necessary, but individual truths concern what exists
[Leibniz]
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13089
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To fully conceive the subject is to explain the resulting predicates and events
[Leibniz]
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12907
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Each possible world contains its own laws, reflected in the possible individuals of that world
[Leibniz]
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13077
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Basic predicates give the complete concept, which then predicts all of the actions
[Leibniz]
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11981
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If someone's life went differently, then that would be another individual
[Leibniz]
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19334
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I can't just know myself to be a substance; I must distinguish myself from others, which is hard
[Leibniz]
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19333
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A truth is just a proposition in which the predicate is contained within the subject
[Leibniz]
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12910
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The predicate is in the subject of a true proposition
[Leibniz]
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12908
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Essences exist in the divine understanding
[Leibniz]
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12913
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Nature is explained by mathematics and mechanism, but the laws rest on metaphysics
[Leibniz]
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12911
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Concepts are what unite a proposition
[Leibniz]
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12912
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Immortality without memory is useless
[Leibniz]
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12909
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Everything, even miracles, belongs to order
[Leibniz]
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12914
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Metaphysics is geometrical, resting on non-contradiction and sufficient reason
[Leibniz]
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12915
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Definitions can only be real if the item is possible
[Leibniz]
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12916
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A body is a unified aggregate, unless it has an indivisible substance
[Leibniz]
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12917
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The soul is indestructible and always self-aware
[Leibniz]
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12918
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Animals have souls, but lack consciousness
[Leibniz]
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12919
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Unity needs an indestructible substance, to contain everything which will happen to it
[Leibniz]
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5032
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It seems probable that animals have souls, but not consciousness
[Leibniz]
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12745
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Philosophy needs the precision of the unity given by substances
[Leibniz]
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12921
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Accidental unity has degrees, from a mob to a society to a machine or organism
[Leibniz]
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12746
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We find unity in reason, and unity in perception, but these are not true unity
[Leibniz]
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12920
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There is no multiplicity without true units
[Leibniz]
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12319
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What is not truly one being is not truly a being either
[Leibniz]
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12704
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Aggregates don’t reduce to points, or atoms, or illusion, so must reduce to substance
[Leibniz]
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5033
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Nothing should be taken as certain without foundations
[Leibniz]
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5034
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Mind is a thinking substance which can know God and eternal truths
[Leibniz]
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12922
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A thing 'expresses' another if they have a constant and fixed relationship
[Leibniz]
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12923
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Every bodily substance must have a soul, or something analogous to a soul
[Leibniz]
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13079
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A substance contains the laws of its operations, and its actions come from its own depth
[Leibniz]
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12924
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Motion alone is relative, but force is real, and establishes its subject
[Leibniz]
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12925
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Beauty increases with familiarity
[Leibniz]
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12927
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Happiness is advancement towards perfection
[Leibniz]
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12926
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Wisdom is the science of happiness
[Leibniz]
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12706
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Bodies need a soul (or something like it) to avoid being mere phenomena
[Leibniz]
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