9 ideas
19404 | Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
5963 | Some say emotion is a sort of reason, and others say virtue concerns emotion [Plutarch] |
12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
19403 | Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz] |
12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |