7 ideas
13169 | I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz] |
13168 | My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [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] |
19745 | The nature of people is decided by the government and politics of their society [Rousseau] |
13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |
5994 | Is the cosmos open or closed, mechanical or teleological, alive or inanimate, and created or eternal? [Robinson,TM, by PG] |