Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'On the Principles of Indiscernibles', 'Through the Looking Glass' and 'New system of communication of substances'

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7 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

21982

I only wish I had such eyes as to see Nobody! It's as much as I can do to see real people. [Carroll,L]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

13169

I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz]

13168

My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz]

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

13170

The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz]

28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

2116	The concept of an existing thing must contain more than the concept of a non-existing thing [Leibniz]