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Ideas for 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'Physics' and 'works'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

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The four explanations are the main aspects of a thing's nature [Aristotle, by Moravcsik]

5084	A thing's nature is what causes its changes and stability [Aristotle]

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All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 14. Knowledge of Essences

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Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]