Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'works', 'On Simple Theories of a Complex World' and 'On the Elements of Being: I'

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6 ideas

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 13. Tropes / a. Nature of tropes

8508	A 'trope' is an abstract particular, the occurrence of an essence [Williams,DC]

8509	A world is completely constituted by its tropes and their connections [Williams,DC]

8510	'Socrates is wise' means a concurrence sum contains a member of a similarity set [Williams,DC]

14. Science / B. Scientific Theories / 1. Scientific Theory

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It seems obvious to prefer the simpler of two theories, on grounds of beauty and convenience [Quine]

21688

There are four suspicious reasons why we prefer simpler theories [Quine]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

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Unlike us, the early Greeks thought envy was a good thing, and hope a bad thing [Hesiod, by Nietzsche]