7 ideas
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
18431 | Internal relations combine some tropes into a nucleus, which bears the non-essential tropes [Simons, by Edwards] |
13165 | Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
9569 | The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus] |
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] |