| 6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances |
| 12124 | Metaphysics is the best knowledge, because it is the simplest |
| 12123 | Natural history supports physical knowledge, which supports metaphysical knowledge |
| 12119 | Physics studies transitory matter; metaphysics what is abstracted and necessary |
| 12120 | Physics is of material and efficient causes, metaphysics of formal and final causes |
| 12122 | Plato mistakenly thought forms were totally abstracted away from matter |
| 16639 | Only individual bodies exist |
| 16625 | In hylomorphism all the explanation of actions is in the form, and the matter doesn't do anything |
| 16033 | There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws |
| 16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors |
| 12121 | We don't assume there is no land, because we can only see sea |
| 3648 | Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both |
| 12117 | Science moves up and down between inventions of causes, and experiments |
| 6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it |
| 12127 | Many different theories will fit the observed facts |
| 12126 | People love (unfortunately) extreme generality, rather than particular knowledge |
| 12125 | Teleological accounts are fine in metaphysics, but they stop us from searching for the causes |
| 12118 | Essences are part of first philosophy, but as part of nature, not part of logic |
| 16624 | Stripped and passive matter is just a human invention |
| 7399 | Even without religion, there are many guides to morality |