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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Letters from England', 'The Poetics' and 'De rebus naturalibus'

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5 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

16740

A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

22518

The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle]

21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 8. The Arts / b. Literature

16566

Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle]

23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 2. Golden Rule

7844	The Golden Rule is accepted everywhere, and gives a fixed target for morality [Voltaire]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

16571

Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]