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Ideas for 'Essays on Intellectual Powers: Conception', 'Of Liberty and Necessity' and 'Mathematics and the Metaphysicians'

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10. Modality / B. Possibility / 5. Contingency

6215	'Contingent' means that the cause is unperceived, not that there is no cause [Hobbes]

10. Modality / D. Knowledge of Modality / 4. Conceivable as Possible / b. Conceivable but impossible

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Impossibilites are easily conceived in mathematics and geometry [Reid, by Molnar]