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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Essay on Probability', 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter' and 'Identity in Substances and True Propositions'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / C. Structure of Existence / 6. Fundamentals / c. Monads
19405 Substances are in harmony, because they each express the one reality in themselves [Leibniz]
13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 7. Testimony
7458 The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism
3441 If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
19399 Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]