21 ideas
12780 | We can grasp the wisdom of God a priori [Leibniz] |
12774 | Without a substantial chain to link monads, they would just be coordinated dreams [Leibniz] |
12777 | Monads do not make a unity unless a substantial chain is added to them [Leibniz] |
12782 | Monads control nothing outside of themselves [Leibniz] |
12778 | There is active and passive power in the substantial chain and in the essence of a composite [Leibniz] |
12783 | Primitive force is what gives a composite its reality [Leibniz] |
12775 | Things seem to be unified if we see duration, position, interaction and connection [Leibniz] |
12776 | Every substance is alive [Leibniz] |
14221 | Serious essentialism says everything has essences, they're not things, and they ground necessities [Shalkowski] |
12753 | A substantial bond of powers is needed to unite composites, in addition to monads [Leibniz] |
14222 | Essences are what it is to be that (kind of) thing - in fact, they are the thing's identity [Shalkowski] |
12781 | A composite substance is a mere aggregate if its essence is just its parts [Leibniz] |
14226 | We distinguish objects by their attributes, not by their essences [Shalkowski] |
14225 | Critics say that essences are too mysterious to be known [Shalkowski] |
14223 | De dicto necessity has linguistic entities as their source, so it is a type of de re necessity [Shalkowski] |
12779 | There is a reason why not every possible thing exists [Leibniz] |
12785 | Truth is mutually agreed perception [Leibniz] |
14224 | Equilateral and equiangular aren't the same, as we have to prove their connection [Shalkowski] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
12784 | Allow no more miracles than are necessary [Leibniz] |