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All the ideas for 'Wisdom', 'On Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 2' and 'Against 'Ostrich Nominalism''

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5 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

19695

The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb]

7. Existence / D. Theories of Reality / 3. Reality

8507	Some think of reality as made of things; I prefer facts or states of affairs [Armstrong]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 1. Universals

8506	Particulars and properties are distinguishable, but too close to speak of a relation [Armstrong]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 1. Nominalism / a. Nominalism

8505	Refusal to explain why different tokens are of the same type is to be an ostrich [Armstrong]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

20919

How can things without weight compose weight? [Alexander]