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'Abstract Objects: a Case Study', 'fragments/reports' and 'Life of Pythagoras'
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being
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True Being only occurs when it is completely full, with atoms and no void [Democritus, by Aristotle]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
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Being does not exist more than non-being [Democritus, by Aristotle]
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The non-existent exists as much as the existent, because it has causal powers [Democritus]
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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / g. Particular being
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The only distinctions are Configuration (shape), Disposition (order) and Turning (position) [Democritus, by Aristotle]
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7. Existence / B. Change in Existence / 1. Nature of Change
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Nothing comes from non-existence, or passes into it [Democritus, by Diog. Laertius]
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7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 7. Abstract/Concrete / a. Abstract/concrete
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Concrete objects have few essential properties, but properties of abstractions are mostly essential [Yablo]
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We are thought to know concreta a posteriori, and many abstracta a priori [Yablo]
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7. Existence / E. Categories / 5. Category Anti-Realism
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It is not possible to know what sort each thing is [Democritus]
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