Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Roots of Reference', 'Introduction to 'Virtues of Authenticity'' and 'De Mundo (On the World)'

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5 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]

8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 3. Powers as Derived

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Dispositions are physical states of mechanism; when known, these replace the old disposition term [Quine]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / a. Platonic Forms

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Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas]

8. Modes of Existence / D. Universals / 6. Platonic Forms / b. Partaking

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Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

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'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas]