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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Abstract of 'The Fourfold Root'' and 'Commentary on the Metaphysics'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined

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Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

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Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

2. Reason / B. Laws of Thought / 2. Sufficient Reason

4187	'There is nothing without a reason why it should be rather than not be' (a generalisation of 'Why?') [Schopenhauer]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

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The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

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The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

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An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 1. Sources of Necessity

4192	All necessity arises from causation, which is conditioned; there is no absolute or unconditioned necessity [Schopenhauer]

11. Knowledge Aims / A. Knowledge / 2. Understanding

4190	All understanding is an immediate apprehension of the causal relation [Schopenhauer]

16. Persons / C. Self-Awareness / 2. Knowing the Self

4191	What we know in ourselves is not a knower but a will [Schopenhauer]

16. Persons / D. Continuity of the Self / 3. Reference of 'I'

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The knot of the world is the use of 'I' to refer to both willing and knowing [Schopenhauer]

27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / b. Relative time

4189	Time may be defined as the possibility of mutually exclusive conditions of the same thing [Schopenhauer]