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All the ideas for 'New System and Explanation of New System', 'Commentary on the Metaphysics' and 'Demonstratives'

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10 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads

5044	Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

15. Nature of Minds / A. Nature of Mind / 5. Unity of Mind

5045	No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 5. Parallelism

5046	The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz]

19. Language / C. Assigning Meanings / 10. Two-Dimensional Semantics

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Indexicals have a 'character' (the standing meaning), and a 'content' (truth-conditions for one context) [Kaplan, by Macià/Garcia-Carpentiro]

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'Content' gives the standard modal profile, and 'character' gives rules for a context [Kaplan, by Schroeter]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 2. Life

5043	To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz]