10 ideas
7491 | The phases of human thought are theological, then metaphysical, then positivist [Comte, by Watson] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
13195 | To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
13193 | Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
13194 | God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz] |
13196 | All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz] |
13192 | Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz] |