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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 1. Nature of Existence

481	Nothing is created or destroyed; there is only mixing and separation [Anaxagoras]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / f. Primary being

21822

Anaxagoras's concept of supreme Mind has a simple First and a multiple One [Anaxagoras, by Plotinus]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

458	Nothing could come out of nothing, and existence could never completely cease [Empedocles]

7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change

5112	Empedocles says things are at rest, unless love unites them, or hatred splits them [Empedocles, by Aristotle]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / a. Fundamental reality

17995

Basic is the potentially perceptible, then comes the contrary qualities, and finally the 'elements' [Anaxagoras]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 8. Stuff / a. Pure stuff

17578

I reject talk of 'stuff', and treat it in terms of particles [Inwagen]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 10. Vagueness / d. Vagueness as linguistic

17582

Singular terms can be vague, because they can contain predicates, which can be vague [Inwagen]