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Ideas for 'A Short History of Ethics', 'Summa Theologicae' and 'Actualism and Thisness'

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18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 1. Abstract Thought
10503 We abstract forms from appearances, and acquire knowledge of immaterial things [Aquinas]
10509 Understanding consists entirely of grasping abstracted species [Aquinas]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 2. Abstracta by Selection
10506 Mathematics can be abstracted from sensible matter, and from individual intelligible matter [Aquinas]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 3. Abstracta by Ignoring
9094 Mathematical objects abstract both from perceived matter, and from particular substance [Aquinas]
10505 We can just think of an apple's colour, because the apple is not part of the colour's nature [Aquinas]
10504 Abstracting either treats something as separate, or thinks of it separately [Aquinas]
10507 Numbers and shapes are abstracted by ignoring their sensible qualities [Aquinas]
18. Thought / E. Abstraction / 8. Abstractionism Critique
9096 The mind must produce by its own power an image of the individual species [Aquinas]