10 ideas
22115 | Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
20700 | Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |
15202 | Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas] |