12 ideas
16648 | Accidents must have formal being, if they are principles of real action, and of mental action and thought [Duns Scotus] |
15387 | If things were singular they would only differ numerically, but horse and tulip differ more than that [Duns Scotus, by Panaccio] |
15386 | If only the singular exists, science is impossible, as that relies on true generalities [Duns Scotus, by Panaccio] |
9103 | A universal is not a real feature of objects, but only a thought-object in the mind [William of Ockham] |
16632 | We distinguish one thing from another by contradiction, because this is, and that is not [Duns Scotus] |
13094 | The haecceity is the featureless thing which gives ultimate individuality to a substance [Duns Scotus, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
16770 | It is absurd that there is no difference between a genuinely unified thing, and a mere aggregate [Duns Scotus] |
10919 | What prevents a stone from being divided into parts which are still the stone? [Duns Scotus] |
16768 | Two things are different if something is true of one and not of the other [Duns Scotus] |
9104 | A universal is the result of abstraction, which is only a kind of mental picturing [William of Ockham] |
16713 | Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian] |
6610 | I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian] |