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All the ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'New system of communication of substances' and 'Outline of a System of the Philosophy of Nature'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz]

13169

I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

13170

The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

13171

Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz]

11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / d. Absolute idealism

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For Schelling the Absolute spirit manifests as nature in which self-consciousness evolves [Schelling, by Lewis,PB]

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Metaphysics aims at the Absolute, which goes beyond subjective and objective viewpoints [Schelling, by Pinkard]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 1. Nature

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Schelling sought a union between the productivities of nature and of the mind [Schelling, by Bowie]

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Schelling made organisms central to nature, because mere mechanism could never produce them [Schelling, by Pinkard]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz]