9 ideas
16007 | I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard] |
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
13168 | My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz] |
13169 | I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz] |
13170 | The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz] |
13171 | Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz] |
16013 | Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard] |
13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |