8 ideas
13168 | My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz] |
13169 | I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz] |
13170 | The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz] |
13171 | Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz] |
19440 | How do you know you have conceived a thing deeply enough to assess its possibility? [Vaidya] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |