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All the ideas for 'The Problem of Empty Names', 'Letters to the Lord Marquis of Newcastle' and 'De rebus naturalibus'

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5 ideas

5. Theory of Logic / F. Referring in Logic / 1. Naming / e. Empty names
18946 Unreflectively, we all assume there are nonexistents, and we can refer to them [Reimer]
8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived
16740 A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
2385 If a man suddenly develops an intention of doing something, the cause is out of his control, not in his will [Hobbes]
2384 Those actions that follow immediately the last appetite are voluntary [Hobbes]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
16571 Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]