Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Poetics', 'The Realm of Matter' and 'Remarks on the forces of inorganic Nature'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

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The criterion of existence is the possibility of action [Santayana]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

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Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / d. Gravity

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Gravity isn't a force, because it produces effects without diminishing [Mayer]