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All the ideas for 'Philosophical Fragments', 'Two letters on mind' and 'De ente praedicamentali'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 5. Reason for Existence

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I assume existence, rather than reasoning towards it [Kierkegaard]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic

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Incorporeal substances are powers or forces [Descartes, by Pasnau]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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In order to speak about time and successive entities, the 'present' must be enlarged [Wycliff]

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To be successive a thing needs parts, which must therefore be lodged outside that instant [Wycliff]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Nothing necessary can come into existence, since it already 'is' [Kierkegaard]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension

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Impenetrability only belongs to the essence of extension [Descartes]