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All the ideas for 'works', 'Geometrical Method and Metaphysics' and 'Cogitata et Visa'

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6. Mathematics / B. Foundations for Mathematics / 3. Axioms for Geometry

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Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

3648	Empiricists are collecting ants; rationalists are spinning spiders; and bees do both [Bacon]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / g. Causal explanations

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Minds are best explained by their ends, and bodies by efficient causes [Leibniz]