Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Confessions of a Philosopher', 'The Actual and the Possible' and 'De ente praedicamentali'

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4 ideas

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things
In order to speak about time and successive entities, the 'present' must be enlarged [Wycliff]
To be successive a thing needs parts, which must therefore be lodged outside that instant [Wycliff]
10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 5. Modality from Actuality
A state of affairs is only possible if there has been an actual substance to initiate it [Pruss]
16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 3. Limits of Introspection
Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee]