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Ideas for 'Transworld Identity or worldbound Individuals?', 'fragments/reports' and 'Reply to First Objections'

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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 5. Existence-Essence

3635	Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes]
	Full Idea: According to the laws of true logic, we must never ask about the existence of anything until we first understand its essence.
	From: René Descartes (Reply to First Objections [1641], 108)