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'God and Human Attributes', 'Letters to Des Bosses' and 'Principles of Philosophy'
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
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All powers can be explained by obvious features like size, shape and motion of matter [Descartes]
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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence
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There is active and passive power in the substantial chain and in the essence of a composite [Leibniz]
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Primitive force is what gives a composite its reality [Leibniz]
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8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals
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Five universals: genus, species, difference, property, accident [Descartes]
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8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism
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A universal is a single idea applied to individual things that are similar to one another [Descartes]
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