14 ideas
| 19336 | Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection [Leibniz] |
| 12766 | Logical space is abstracted from the actual world [Stalnaker] |
| 7696 | Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette] |
| 19341 | There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz] |
| 19428 | Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz] |
| 12764 | For the bare particular view, properties must be features, not just groups of objects [Stalnaker] |
| 12761 | An essential property is one had in all the possible worlds where a thing exists [Stalnaker] |
| 12763 | Necessarily self-identical, or being what it is, or its world-indexed properties, aren't essential [Stalnaker] |
| 12762 | Bare particular anti-essentialism makes no sense within modal logic semantics [Stalnaker] |
| 5047 | The world is physically necessary, as its contrary would imply imperfection or moral absurdity [Leibniz] |
| 12765 | Why imagine that Babe Ruth might be a billiard ball; nothing useful could be said about the ball [Stalnaker] |
| 19343 | We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz] |
| 468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
| 19429 | The principle of determination in things obtains the greatest effect with the least effort [Leibniz] |