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All the ideas for 'Difference and Repetition', 'On Minerals' and 'De rebus naturalibus'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy

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'Difference' refers to that which eludes capture [Deleuze, by May]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

21902

'Being' is univocal, but its subject matter is actually 'difference' [Deleuze]

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Ontology can be continual creation, not to know being, but to probe the unknowable [Deleuze]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / i. Deflating being

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Ontology does not tell what there is; it is just a strange adventure [Deleuze, by May]

21904

Being is a problem to be engaged, not solved, and needs a new mode of thinking [Deleuze, by May]

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

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

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

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Substantial forms must exist, to explain the stability of metals like silver and tin [Albertus Magnus]

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

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Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]