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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Metaphysics: the logical approach' and 'Naturalism in Mathematics'

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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change

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For animate things, only the form, not the matter or properties, must persist through change [Aristotle, by Frede,M]

3309	If a soldier continues to exist after serving as a soldier, does the wind cease to exist after it ceases to blow? [Benardete,JA]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 8. Continuity of Rivers

3351	One can step into the same river twice, but not into the same water [Benardete,JA]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 12. Origin as Essential

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How a thing is generated does not explain its essence [Aristotle, by Politis]

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Aristotle wants definition, not identity, so origin is not essential to him [Aristotle, by Witt]