9 ideas
9406 | A class is natural when everybody can spot further members of it [Quinton] |
15730 | Extreme nominalists say all classification is arbitrary convention [Quinton] |
15728 | The naturalness of a class depends as much on the observers as on the objects [Quinton] |
9407 | Properties imply natural classes which can be picked out by everybody [Quinton] |
15729 | Uninstantiated properties must be defined using the instantiated ones [Quinton] |
8520 | An individual is a union of a group of qualities and a position [Quinton, by Campbell,K] |
541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
19376 | A machine is best defined by its final cause, which explains the roles of the parts [Leibniz] |
542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |