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All the ideas for 'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'', 'Are Persons Bodies?' and 'Summa quaestionum super Sententias'

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8 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
16659 Relations do not add anything to reality, though they are real aspects of the world [Olivi]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms
17945 Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]
8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking
17946 Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]
9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 4. Quantity of an Object
16673 Quantity just adds union and location to the extension of parts [Olivi]
11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding
17944 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]
16. Persons / A. Concept of a Person / 1. Existence of Persons
3238 'Dead person' isn't a contradiction, so 'person' is somewhat vague [Williams,B]
3239 You can only really love a person as a token, not as a type [Williams,B]
27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 5. Species
16663 Things are limited by the species to certain modes of being [Olivi]