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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Gay (Joyful) Science' and 'Coming-to-be and Passing-away (Gen/Corr)'

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 2. Types of Existence
13221 Existence is either potential or actual [Aristotle]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
20901 True Being only occurs when it is completely full, with atoms and no void [Democritus, by Aristotle]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / c. Becoming
20360 We Germans value becoming and development more highly than mere being of what 'is' [Nietzsche]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
20902 Being does not exist more than non-being [Democritus, by Aristotle]
20904 The non-existent exists as much as the existent, because it has causal powers [Democritus]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
20903 The only distinctions are Configuration (shape), Disposition (order) and Turning (position) [Democritus, by Aristotle]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
20893 Nothing comes from non-existence, or passes into it [Democritus, by Diog. Laertius]
16100 True change is in a thing's logos or its matter, not in its qualities [Aristotle]
16101 A change in qualities is mere alteration, not true change [Aristotle]
12133 If the substratum persists, it is 'alteration'; if it doesn't, it is 'coming-to-be' or 'passing-away' [Aristotle]
7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 2. Processes
13213 All comings-to-be are passings-away, and vice versa [Aristotle]
7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
20896 It is not possible to know what sort each thing is [Democritus]