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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Librium de interpretatione editio secunda' and 'Letters to Thomas Burnett'

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6 ideas

7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being

18933

Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / d. Individuation by haecceity

14665

We can call the quality of Plato 'Platonity', and say it is a quality which only he possesses [Boethius]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / a. Substance

13197

The notion of substance is one of the keys to true philosophy [Leibniz]

19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric

5864	Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]

9866	Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]

26. Natural Theory / D. Laws of Nature / 8. Scientific Essentialism / c. Essence and laws

13198

Gravity is within matter because of its structure, and it can be explained. [Leibniz]