11 ideas
| 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] |
| 13170 | The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz] |
| 13160 | To exist and be understood, a multitude must first be reduced to a unity [Leibniz] |
| 13161 | Substances are everywhere in matter, like points in a line [Leibniz] |
| 13171 | Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz] |
| 16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
| 16793 | A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan] |
| 16577 | Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan] |
| 16576 | Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan] |
| 13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |