Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Leibniz: Guide for the Perplexed', 'On Metaphysics (frags)' and 'Commentary on 'Physics''

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3 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance needs independence, unity, and stability (for individuation); also it is a subject, for predicates [Perkins]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 2. Natural Purpose / c. Purpose denied

5990	Theophrastus doubted whether nature could be explained teleologically [Theophrastus, by Gottschalk]