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Ideas for 'Function and Concept', 'fragments/reports' and 'New System and Explanation of New System'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

18899	Frege takes the existence of horses to be part of their concept [Frege, by Sommers]
	Full Idea: Frege regarded the existence of horses as a property of the concept 'horse'.
	From: report of Gottlob Frege (Function and Concept [1891]) by Fred Sommers - Intellectual Autobiography 'Realism'

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

5044	Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: A multiplicity can only be made up of true unities, ..so I had recourse to the idea of a real and animated point, or an atom of substance which must embrace some element of form or of activity in order to make a complete being.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (New System and Explanation of New System [1696], p.116)
	A reaction: This seems to be a combination of logical atomism and panpsychism. It has a certain charm, but looks like another example of these rationalist speculators overreaching themselves.