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All the ideas for 'Natural Science (lost)', 'The Problem of Possibilia' and 'Summa Contra Gentiles'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

22115

Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas]

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 6. Criterion for Existence

527	Everything exists which anyone perceives [Metrodorus of Chios]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

9212	Possible states of affairs are not propositions; a proposition can't be a state of affairs! [Fine,K]

10. Modality / E. Possible worlds / 2. Nature of Possible Worlds / a. Nature of possible worlds

9213	The actual world is a possible world, so we can't define possible worlds as 'what might have been' [Fine,K]

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 4. Occasionalism

20700

Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / f. Eternalism

15202

Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas]