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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', '25: Third Epistle of John' and '24: Book of Jeremiah'

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8 ideas

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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]

24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 1. Purpose of a State

7346	Jeremiah implied a link between weakness and goodness, and the evil of the state [Jeremiah, by Johnson,P]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

15641

Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

22920

Do I not fill heaven and earth? saith the Lord [Jeremiah]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good

8141	He that does evil has not seen God [John]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 3. Deism

22089

Am I a God afar off, and not a God close at hand? [Jeremiah]