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Ideas for 'Parmenides', 'Katzav on limitations of dispositions' and 'The Origin of Forms and Qualities'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / d. The unlimited

225	The unlimited has no shape and is endless [Plato]
	Full Idea: The unlimited partakes neither of the round nor of the straight, because it has no ends nor edges.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 137e)

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / e. The One

233	Some things do not partake of the One [Plato]
	Full Idea: The others cannot partake of the one in any way; they can neither partake of it nor of the whole.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 159d)
	A reaction: Compare Idea 231

2062	The only movement possible for the One is in space or in alteration [Plato]
	Full Idea: If the One moves it either moves spatially or it is altered, since these are the only motions.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 138b)

231	Everything partakes of the One in some way [Plato]
	Full Idea: The others are not altogether deprived of the one, for they partake of it in some way.
	From: Plato (Parmenides [c.364 BCE], 157c)
	A reaction: Compare Idea 233.

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

15952	The corpuscles just have shape, size and motion, which explains things without 'sympathies' or 'forces' [Boyle, by Alexander,P]
	Full Idea: In Boyle's corpuscular philosophy, all material substances are composed of minute particles or corpuscles, with ordinary properties such as shape, size and motion. There was no need for occult relations between them, such as sympathies, or even forces.
	From: report of Robert Boyle (The Origin of Forms and Qualities [1666]) by Peter Alexander - Ideas, Qualities and Corpuscles 01.1

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / b. Corpuscles

15972	The corpuscular theory allows motion, but does not include forces between the particles [Boyle, by Alexander,P]
	Full Idea: Though there is motion, the corpuscles will not be dynamic because the idea of forces between the particles or groups of them does not figure in the theory.
	From: report of Robert Boyle (The Origin of Forms and Qualities [1666]) by Peter Alexander - Ideas, Qualities and Corpuscles 5.2
	A reaction: This is the view of Locke, as well as of Boyle. I quote this because I take to it be a particular target of Leibniz's disagreement.