9 ideas
13168 | My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz] |
13169 | I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz] |
13170 | The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz] |
13171 | Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz] |
16634 | I can't be unaware of anything which is in me [Descartes] |
3102 | Why don't we experience or remember going to sleep at night? [Magee] |
3635 | Essence must be known before we discuss existence [Descartes] |
13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |
3634 | We can't prove a first cause from our inability to grasp infinity [Descartes] |