Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'De Mundo (On the World)', 'Definitiones cogitationesque metaphysicae' and 'Of Civil Liberty'

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4 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / a. Nature of Being

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Only supernatural means could annihilate anything once it had being [Hobbes]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance is that which can act [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / b. Monarchy

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Modern monarchies are (like republics) rule by law, rather than by men [Hume]