9 ideas
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
12887 | A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim] |
10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |