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Ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'De Corpore (Elements, First Section)' and 'Equality'

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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / b. Sums of parts
16790 A body is always the same, whether the parts are together or dispersed [Hobbes]
     Full Idea: A body is always the same, whether the parts of it be put together or dispersed; or whether it be congealed or dissolved.
     From: Thomas Hobbes (De Corpore (Elements, First Section) [1655], 2.11.07)
     A reaction: This appears to be a commitment by Hobbes to what we now call 'classical' mereology - that any bunch of things can count as a whole, whether they are together or dispersed. He seems to mean more than a watch surviving dismantling.
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 8. Parts of Objects / c. Wholes from parts
17244 To make a whole, parts needn't be put together, but can be united in the mind [Hobbes]
     Full Idea: In composition, it is to be understood that for the making up of a whole there is no need of putting the parts together, so as to make them touch one another, but only of collecting them into one sum in the mind.
     From: Thomas Hobbes (De Corpore (Elements, First Section) [1655], 2.07.08)
     A reaction: This seems to the 'unrestricted composition' of classical mereology, since it appears that Hobbes offers no restriction on which parts can be united by a mind, no matter how bizarre.