6 ideas
16771 | A composite is a true unity if all of its parts fall under one essence [Scheibler] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
12887 | A whole must have one characteristic, an internal relation, and a structure [Rescher/Oppenheim] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
4316 | Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |