6 ideas
11193 | Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna] |
14296 | Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine] |
11209 | The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna] |
11204 | The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna] |
15036 | An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio] |
22601 | Laissez-faire individualism doesn't work, especially in troublesome times [Keynes] |