Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Rescher,N/Oppenheim,P, Gottfried Leibniz and Blasius of Parma

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8. Modes of Existence / A. Relations / 1. Nature of Relations
If relations can be reduced to, or supervene on, monadic properties of relata, they are not real [Leibniz, by Swoyer]
Relations aren't in any monad, so they are distributed, so they are not real [Leibniz]
A man's distant wife dying is a real change in him [Leibniz]
The ratio between two lines can't be a feature of one, and cannot be in both [Leibniz]