Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Changes in Events and Changes in Things', 'Oxford Commentary on Sentences' and 'De rebus naturalibus'

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5 ideas

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 8. Facts / b. Types of fact

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That Queen Anne is dead is a 'general fact', not a fact about Queen Anne [Prior,AN]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / d. Form as unifier

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Matter and form give true unity; subject and accident is just unity 'per accidens' [Duns Scotus]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / e. Tensed (A) series

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'Thank goodness that's over' is not like 'thank goodness that happened on Friday' [Prior,AN]