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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature
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There are potential infinities (never running out), but actual infinity is incoherent [Aristotle, by Friend]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / a. Greek matter
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Aristotle's matter can become any other kind of matter [Aristotle, by Wiggins]
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26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 7. Later Matter Theories / c. Matter as extension
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Even if extension is impenetrable, this still offers no explanation for motion and its laws [Leibniz]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 1. Laws of Nature
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An entelechy is a law of the series of its event within some entity [Leibniz]
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26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws
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The only permanence in things, constituting their substance, is a law of continuity [Leibniz]
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