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'The Fixation of Belief', 'Letters to Leibniz' and 'Letters to Antoine Arnauld'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
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Philosophy needs the precision of the unity given by substances [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
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Accidental unity has degrees, from a mob to a society to a machine or organism [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual
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We find unity in reason, and unity in perception, but these are not true unity [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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A body is a unified aggregate, unless it has an indivisible substance [Leibniz]
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Unity needs an indestructible substance, to contain everything which will happen to it [Leibniz]
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Every bodily substance must have a soul, or something analogous to a soul [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / b. Need for substance
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Aggregates don’t reduce to points, or atoms, or illusion, so must reduce to substance [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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Basic predicates give the complete concept, which then predicts all of the actions [Leibniz]
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Essences exist in the divine understanding [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier
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Bodies need a soul (or something like it) to avoid being mere phenomena [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 10. Essence as Species
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Truths about species are eternal or necessary, but individual truths concern what exists [Leibniz]
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