10 ideas
24069 | Much metaphysical debate concerns what is fundamental, rather than what exists [Koslicki] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
24065 | Structured wholes are united by the teamwork needed for their capacities [Koslicki] |
24066 | The form explains kind, structure, unity and activity [Koslicki] |
24067 | Hylomorphic compounds need an individual form for transworld identity [Koslicki] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
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] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |