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] |
23900 | Chance is compatible with necessity, and the two occur together [Weil] |
23888 | Knowledge is beyond question, as an unavoidable component of thinking [Weil] |
23899 | The secret of art is that beauty is a just blend of unity and its opposite [Weil] |
23887 | Art (like philosophy) establishes a relation between world and self, and between oneself and others [Weil] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |