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All the ideas for 'Sententia on 'De Caelo'', 'Papers of 1913' and 'De Mundo Praesenti'

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4 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / a. Philosophy as worldly

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Philosophy aims to know the truth about the way things are [Aquinas]

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

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The substantial form is the principle of action or the primitive force of acting [Leibniz]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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A true being must (unlike a chain) have united parts, with a substantial form as its subject [Leibniz]

10. Modality / B. Possibility / 1. Possibility

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Only the actual exists, so possibilities always reduce to actuality after full analysis [Russell]