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All the ideas for 'On Body and Force, Against the Cartesians', 'Metaphysical Foundations of Mathematics' and '26: Oracles in Decline'

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7 ideas

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism
5958 The sun is always bright; it doesn't become bright when it emerges [Plutarch]
14. Science / D. Explanation / 2. Types of Explanation / h. Explanations by function
13195 To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz]
15. Nature of Minds / C. Capacities of Minds / 10. Conatus/Striving
13193 Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz]
26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
13194 God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz]
27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces
13196 All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz]
13192 Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 2. Passage of Time / g. Time's arrow
22908 When one element contains the grounds of the other, the first one is prior in time [Leibniz]