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All the ideas for 'Reportatio', 'Letters to Jacques Lenfant' and 'Quaestiones de Potentia Dei'

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4 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 2. Powers as Basic
The most primitive thing in substances is force, which leads to their actions and dispositions [Leibniz]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates
'One' can mean undivided and not a multitude, or it can add measurement, giving number [Aquinas]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
God is not wise, but more-than-wise; God is not good, but more-than-good [William of Ockham]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity
We could never form a concept of God's wisdom if we couldn't abstract it from creatures [William of Ockham]