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8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

12354	A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category [Wedin]
	Full Idea: A 'categorial' property is a property something has by virtue of being or having an item from one of the categories.
	From: Michael V. Wedin (Aristotle's Theory of Substance [2000], V.5)
	A reaction: I deny that these are 'properties'. A thing is categorised according to its properties. To denote the category as a further property is the route to madness (well, to a regress).

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

12358	Substance is a principle and a kind of cause [Wedin]
	Full Idea: Substance [ousia] is a principle [arché] and a kind of cause [aitia].
	From: Michael V. Wedin (Aristotle's Theory of Substance [2000], 1041a09)
	A reaction: The fact that substance is a cause is also the reason why substance is the ultimate explanation. It is here that I take the word 'power' to capture best what Aristotle has in mind.

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

12346	Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock [Wedin]
	Full Idea: The form of a thing (of a given kind) explains why certain matter constitutes a thing of that kind, and with this, Aristotle holds, we have reached explanatory bedrock.
	From: Michael V. Wedin (Aristotle's Theory of Substance [2000], Intro)
	A reaction: We must explain an individual tiger which is unusually docile. It must have an individual form which makes it a tiger, but also an individual form which makes it docile.

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 8. Transcendental Necessity

490	Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus]
	Full Idea: Nothing happens at random; everything happens out of reason and by necessity.
	From: Leucippus (fragments/reports [c.435 BCE], B002), quoted by (who?) - where?

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / d. Heresy

16713	Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian]
	Full Idea: Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics.
	From: Tertullian (works [c.200]), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 20.2

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / e. Fideism

6610	I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian]
	Full Idea: I believe because it is absurd ('Credo quia absurdum est').
	From: Tertullian (works [c.200]), quoted by Robert Fogelin - Walking the Tightrope of Reason n4.2
	A reaction: This seems to be a rather desperate remark, in response to what must have been rather good hostile arguments. No one would abandon the support of reason if it was easy to acquire. You can't deny its engaging romantic defiance, though.