7 ideas
15119 | Aristotelian explanation by essence may need to draw on knowledge of other essences [Aristotle, by Koslicki] |
18883 | Any equivalence relation among similar things allows the creation of an abstractum [Simons] |
18884 | Abstraction is usually seen as producing universals and numbers, but it can do more [Simons] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
23302 | Plants have far less life than animals, but more life than other corporeal entities [Aristotle] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |
23301 | There is a gradual proceeding from the inanimate to animals, with no clear borderlines [Aristotle] |