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All the ideas for 'A Résumé of Metaphysics', 'De Mundo (On the World)' and 'Letter to Bramhall'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

16789

Only supernatural means could annihilate anything once it had being [Hobbes]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

16620

A chair is wood, and its shape is the form; it isn't 'compounded' of the matter and form [Hobbes]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

16622

Essence is just an artificial word from logic, giving a way of thinking about substances [Hobbes]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure

5049	Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz]

28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections

5048	Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz]

29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 3. Problem of Evil / b. Human Evil

5050	Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz]