Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Survival and Identity, with postscript', 'De Mundo Praesenti' and 'Prerequisite to Dignity of Labour'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 4. De re / De dicto modality

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De re modal predicates are ambiguous [Lewis, by Rudder Baker]

21. Aesthetics / A. Aesthetic Experience / 4. Beauty

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We both desire what is beautiful, and want it to remain as it is [Weil]