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'fragments/reports', 'Discourse on Metaphysics' and 'Three Grades of Modal Involvement'
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance
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The complete notion of a substance implies all of its predicates or attributes [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
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Substances mirror God or the universe, each from its own viewpoint [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 3. Unity Problems / b. Cat and its tail
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Dion and Theon coexist, but Theon lacks a foot. If Dion loses a foot, he ousts Theon? [Chrysippus, by Philo of Alexandria]
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9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / b. Form as principle
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Forms are of no value in physics, but are indispensable in metaphysics [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects
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Subjects include predicates, so full understanding of subjects reveals all the predicates [Leibniz]
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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 9. Essence and Properties
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Aristotelian essentialism says a thing has some necessary and some non-necessary properties [Quine]
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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 2. Objects that Change
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Change of matter doesn't destroy identity - in Dion and Theon change is a condition of identity [Chrysippus, by Long/Sedley]
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