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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'On the Happy Life' and 'System of Logic'

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15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

9079	We can focus our minds on what is common to a whole class, neglecting other aspects [Mill]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 5. Generalisation by mind

9088	Skill comes from a general assumption obtained from thinking about similar things [Aristotle]

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Aristotle distinguishes two different sorts of generality - kinds, and properties [Aristotle, by Frede,M]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 6. Idealisation

9791	Science is more accurate when it is prior and simpler, especially without magnitude or movement [Aristotle]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 7. Seeing Resemblance

9081	We don't recognise comparisons by something in our minds; the concepts result from the comparisons [Mill]