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All the ideas for 'works', 'Seven Quodlibets' and 'The New Organon'

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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]

8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations

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Relations are expressed either as absolute facts, or by a relational concept [William of Ockham]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

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Only individual bodies exist [Bacon]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Cut wood doesn't make a new substance, but seems to make separate subjects [William of Ockham]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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Hot water naturally cools down, which is due to the substantial form of the water [William of Ockham]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / c. Form as causal

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There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 2. Aim of Science

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Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon]

15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 3. Abstraction by mind

9102	If an animal approached from a distance, we might abstract 'animal' from one instance [William of Ockham]

17. Mind and Body / D. Property Dualism / 6. Mysterianism

9114	There are no secure foundations to prove the separate existence of mind, in reason or experience [William of Ockham]

29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity

9115	To love God means to love whatever God wills to be loved [William of Ockham]