10 ideas
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |
11945 | In addition to laws, God must also create appropriate natures for things [Leibniz] |
19348 | All that is real in motion is the force or power which produces change [Leibniz] |