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Ideas for 'Metaphysics', 'Word and Object' and 'The Source of Necessity'

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9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity
Two things with the same primary being and essence are one thing [Aristotle]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 2. Defining Identity
We can paraphrase 'x=y' as a sequence of the form 'if Fx then Fy' [Quine]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 4. Type Identity
Things such as two different quadrangles are alike but not wholly the same [Aristotle]
9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 5. Self-Identity
You are one with yourself in form and matter [Aristotle]
We can't understand self-identity without a prior grasp of the object [Aristotle]