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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Theological and other works' and 'Commentary on 'Physics''

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8. Modes of Existence / C. Powers and Dispositions / 1. Powers

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We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley]

9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 6. Successive Things

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Days exist, and yet they seem to be made up of parts which don't exist [Burley]

16690

Unlike permanent things, successive things cannot exist all at once [Burley]

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 / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / a. Concept of matter

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Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley]

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

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