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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Intention' and 'Definitiones cogitationesque metaphysicae'

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5 ideas

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

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Substance is that which can act [Leibniz]

14. Science / D. Explanation / 3. Best Explanation / b. Ultimate explanation

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Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 1. Intention to Act / a. Nature of intentions

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Intentional actions are those which are explained by giving the reason for so acting [Anscombe]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 5. Infinite in Nature

1748	Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 3. Evolution

5989	Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield]