7 ideas
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
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] |
20645 | Heat is a state of vibration, not a substance [Joule] |
20972 | Joule showed that energy converts to heat, and heat to energy [Joule, by Papineau] |