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Ideas for 'The Fixation of Belief', 'The Ethics' and 'Causation'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

17195

Things persevere through a force which derives from God [Spinoza]

9476	If dispositions are more fundamental than causes, then they won't conceptually reduce to them [Bird on Lewis]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

17206

The essence of a thing is its effort to persevere [Spinoza]