7 ideas
5060 | All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads' [Leibniz] |
490 | Everything happens by reason and necessity [Leucippus] |
5059 | Power rules in efficient causes, but wisdom rules in connecting them to final causes [Leibniz] |
17402 | Mendeleev saw three principles in nature: matter, force and spirit (where the latter seems to be essence) [Mendeleev, by Scerri] |
17399 | Elements don't survive in compounds, but the 'substance' of the element does [Mendeleev] |
17400 | Mendeleev focused on abstract elements, not simple substances, so he got to their essence [Mendeleev, by Scerri] |
17401 | Mendeleev had a view of elements which allowed him to overlook some conflicting observations [Mendeleev] |