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9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 6. Nihilism about Objects

1687	Why are being terrestrial and a biped combined in the definition of man, but being literate and musical aren't? [Aristotle]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance

1681	Units are positionless substances, and points are substances with position [Aristotle]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 4. Essence as Definition

12146

Definitions recognise essences, so are not themselves essences [Aristotle]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 7. Essence and Necessity / c. Essentials are necessary

17039

The predicates of a thing's nature are necessary to it [Aristotle]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 8. Essence as Explanatory

11994

Aristotelian essences are properties mentioned at the starting point of a science [Aristotle, by Kung]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 1. Objects over Time

1350	Continuity is needed for existence, otherwise we would say a thing existed after it ceased to exist [Reid]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 13. No Identity over Time

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We treat slowly changing things as identical for the sake of economy in language [Reid]

9. Objects / F. Identity among Objects / 1. Concept of Identity

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Identity is familiar to common sense, but very hard to define [Reid]

1367	Identity can only be affirmed of things which have a continued existence [Reid]