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All the ideas for 'Reply to Richards', 'Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature' and 'Commentary on the Metaphysics'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 3. Metaphysical Systems

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The greatest philosophers are methodical; it is what makes them great [Grice]

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

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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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For Schelling the Absolute spirit manifests as nature in which self-consciousness evolves [Schelling, by Lewis,PB]

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Metaphysics aims at the Absolute, which goes beyond subjective and objective viewpoints [Schelling, by Pinkard]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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Schelling sought a union between the productivities of nature and of the mind [Schelling, by Bowie]

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Schelling made organisms central to nature, because mere mechanism could never produce them [Schelling, by Pinkard]