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Ideas for 'works', 'Improvement of Understanding' and 'Essence and Modality'

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2. Reason / D. Definition / 2. Aims of Definition

16541

All the intrinsic properties of a thing should be deducible from its definition [Spinoza]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 4. Real Definition

8200	Aristotelian definitions aim to give the essential properties of the thing defined [Aristotle, by Quine]

11157

Modern philosophy has largely abandoned real definitions, apart from sortals [Fine,K]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 5. Genus and Differentia

4385	Aristotelian definition involves first stating the genus, then the differentia of the thing [Aristotle, by Urmson]

2. Reason / D. Definition / 6. Definition by Essence

11171

Defining a term and giving the essence of an object don't just resemble - they are the same [Fine,K]