10 ideas
13917 | Metaphysics aims to identify categories of being, and show their interdependency [Lowe] |
13919 | Philosophy aims not at the 'analysis of concepts', but at understanding the essences of things [Lowe] |
16639 | Only individual bodies exist [Bacon] |
13918 | Holes, shadows and spots of light can coincide without being identical [Lowe] |
16033 | There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon] |
13921 | All things must have an essence (a 'what it is'), or we would be unable to think about them [Lowe] |
13922 | Knowing an essence is just knowing what the thing is, not knowing some further thing [Lowe] |
13920 | Each thing has to be of a general kind, because it belongs to some category [Lowe] |
21950 | Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |