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Ideas for 'The Problem of the Soul', 'Meditations' and 'Understanding and Essence'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / c. Unity as conceptual

2297	If I can separate two things in my understanding, then God can separate them in reality [Descartes]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / e. Substance critique

3628	Substance cannot be conceived or explained to others [Gassendi on Descartes]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 7. Substratum

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If we remove surface qualities from wax, we have an extended, flexible, changeable thing [Descartes]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

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Descartes gives an essence by an encapsulating formula [Descartes, by Almog]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary

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Essential properties are necessary, but necessary properties may not be essential [Vaidya]