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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'Commentary on the Metaphysics' and 'The Strangest Man'

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8 ideas

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

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

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]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 1. Ethical Egoism

3031	The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / d. Gravity

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Instead of gravitational force, we now have a pervasive gravitational field [Farmelo]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 2. Electrodynamics / d. Quantum mechanics

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The Schrödinger waves are just the maths of transforming energy values to positions [Farmelo]

27. Natural Reality / B. Modern Physics / 4. Standard Model / c. Particle properties

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Experiments show that fundamental particles of one type are identical [Farmelo]