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Ideas for 'From an Ontological Point of View', 'fragments/reports' and 'Justice as fairness: Political not Metaphysical'

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / a. Final purpose

5995	Diogenes of Apollonia offered the first teleological account of cosmology [Diogenes of Apollonia, by Robinson,TM]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / c. Ultimate substances

488	Air is divine, because it is in and around everything, and arranges everything [Diogenes of Apollonia]

484	Everything is ultimately a variation of one underlying thing [Diogenes of Apollonia]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / f. Ancient elements

486	Plants and animals can only come into existence if something fixes their species [Diogenes of Apollonia]

485	Things must retain their essential nature during change, or mixing would be impossible [Diogenes of Apollonia]

26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / b. Nomological causation

7016	The standard view is that causal sequences are backed by laws, and between particular events [Heil]