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All the ideas for 'What do powers do when they are not manifested?', 'Letters to Leibniz' and 'Theological and other works'

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley]

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

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Powers are claimed to be basic because fundamental particles lack internal structure [Psillos]

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

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The question is whether force is self-sufficient in bodies, and essential, or dependent on something [Lenfant]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley]