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All the ideas for 'Reply to Fourth Objections', 'Lectures on the History of Philosophy' and 'New system of communication of substances'

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7 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 4. Powers as Essence

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My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz]

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I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

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Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz]

17. Mind and Body / E. Mind as Physical / 6. Conceptual Dualism

3643	The concept of mind excludes body, and vice versa [Descartes]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz]