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'fragments/reports', 'Letter to Herodotus' and 'Essays on Active Powers 1: Active power'
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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 8. Properties as Modes
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The perceived accidental properties of bodies cannot be conceived of as independent natures [Epicurus]
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Accidental properties give a body its nature, but are not themselves bodies or parts of bodies [Epicurus]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
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Powers are quite distinct and simple, and so cannot be defined [Reid]
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Thinkers say that matter has intrinsic powers, but is also passive and acted upon [Reid]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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It is obvious that there could not be a power without a subject which possesses it [Reid]
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