8 ideas
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
1477 | Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch] |
1478 | Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch] |
22001 | The real will of the cooperative will replace the 'will of the people' [Marx] |
1479 | Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |