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Ideas for 'Elements of Mind', 'Intuitionism: an Introduction' and 'Discourse on Metaphysics'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

12711	The immediate cause of movements is more real [than geometry] [Leibniz]
	Full Idea: The force or proximate cause of these changes [of position] is something more real, and there is sufficient basis to attribute it to one body more than to another.
	From: Gottfried Leibniz (Discourse on Metaphysics [1686], §18), quoted by Daniel Garber - Leibniz:Body,Substance,Monad 3
	A reaction: The force is said to be 'more real' than geometry. Leibniz seems to have embraced fairly physical powers in the period 1678-1698, and then seen them as more and more like spirits.

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 5. Powers and Properties

4079	Properties are causes [Crane]
	Full Idea: Properties are causes.
	From: Tim Crane (Elements of Mind [2001], 2.17)
	A reaction: We can't detect properties if they lack causal powers. This may be a deep confusion. Properties are what make causal powers possible, but that isn't what properties are?