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Ideas for 'Mahaprajnaparamitashastra', 'Essence and Being' and 'Quaestiones de Potentia Dei'

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9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / b. Unifying aggregates

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'One' can mean undivided and not a multitude, or it can add measurement, giving number [Aquinas]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 1. Essences of Objects

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Serious essentialism says everything has essences, they're not things, and they ground necessities [Shalkowski]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 6. Essence as Unifier

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Essences are what it is to be that (kind of) thing - in fact, they are the thing's identity [Shalkowski]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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We distinguish objects by their attributes, not by their essences [Shalkowski]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 15. Against Essentialism

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Critics say that essences are too mysterious to be known [Shalkowski]