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'Metaphysics', 'Existence and Quantification' and 'works'
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility
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Anything which is possible either exists or will come into existence [Aristotle]
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How can things be incompatible, if all positive terms seem to be compatible? [Leibniz]
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Possibility is when the necessity of the contrary is false [Aristotle]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 4. Potentiality
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A 'potentiality' is a principle of change or process in a thing [Aristotle]
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Things are destroyed not by their powers, but by their lack of them [Aristotle]
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Potentialities are always for action, but are conditional on circumstances [Aristotle]
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We recognise potentiality from actuality [Aristotle]
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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency
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A reason must be given why contingent beings should exist rather than not exist [Leibniz]
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