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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Scientific Revolution 1500-1800' and 'Aristotle on Substance'

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5 ideas

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

16083

Aristotelian matter seriously threatens the intrinsic unity and substantiality of its object [Gill,ML]

13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

17006

Prime matter has no place in Aristotle's theories, and passages claiming it are misread [Gill,ML]

16093

Prime matter is actually nothing and potentially everything (or potentially an element) [Gill,ML]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 11. Against Laws of Nature

5470	The idea of laws of nature arose in the Middle Ages [Hall,AR, by Ellis]