7 ideas
14979 | Being alone doesn't guarantee intrinsic properties; 'being alone' is itself extrinsic [Lewis, by Sider] |
15454 | Extrinsic properties come in degrees, with 'brother' less extrinsic than 'sibling' [Lewis] |
13095 | Essence is primitive force, or a law of change [Leibniz] |
15455 | Total intrinsic properties give us what a thing is [Lewis] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
2117 | The connection in events enables us to successfully predict the future, so there must be a constant cause [Leibniz] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |