Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Hesiod, Gonzalo Rodriguez-Pereyra and Jacob Zabarella

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5 ideas

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

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A power is not a cause, but an aptitude for a cause [Zabarella]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 2. Resemblance Nominalism

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Resemblance Nominalists say that resemblance explains properties (not the other way round) [Rodriquez-Pereyra]

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Entities are truthmakers for their resemblances, so no extra entities or 'resemblances' are needed [Rodriquez-Pereyra]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter

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Prime matter is exceptionally obscure [Zabarella]