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4544 | A thing has no properties if it has no effect on other 'things' [Nietzsche] |
Full Idea: The properties of a thing are effects on other 'things'; if one removes other 'things', then a thing has no properties. | |
From: Friedrich Nietzsche (The Will to Power (notebooks) [1888], §557) | |
A reaction: This is a causal theory of properties. A counterexample is a potential property, like a bomb which never explodes. |