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Ideas for 'Two Notions of Being: Entity and Essence', 'The Will to Power (notebooks)' and 'Notes on John Wilkins'

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9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory
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
Essence is the distinct thinkability of anything [Leibniz]
Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe]