Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'Letters to Thomas Burnett' and 'Popular Scientific Lectures'

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4 ideas

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

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Tell cleverness from answers, but wisdom from questions [Mahfouz]

1. Philosophy / G. Scientific Philosophy / 2. Positivism

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Laws of nature are just records of regularities and correlations, with concepts to make recording them easier [Mach, by Harré]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

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The notion of substance is one of the keys to true philosophy [Leibniz]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

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Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz]