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All the ideas for 'poems', 'Absolute Necessities' and 'Commentary on 'Physics''

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7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / e. Being and nothing

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Prime matter is halfway between non-existence and existence [Averroes]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 2. Nature of Necessity

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Absolute necessity might be achievable either logically or metaphysically [Hale]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 3. Types of Necessity

8261	Maybe not-p is logically possible, but p is metaphysically necessary, so the latter is not absolute [Hale]

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A strong necessity entails a weaker one, but not conversely; possibilities go the other way [Hale]

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'Relative' necessity is just a logical consequence of some statements ('strong' if they are all true) [Hale]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 5. Metaphysical Necessity

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Metaphysical necessity says there is no possibility of falsehood [Hale]

10. Modality / A. Necessity / 6. Logical Necessity

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'Broadly' logical necessities are derived (in a structure) entirely from the concepts [Hale]

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Logical necessities are true in virtue of the nature of all logical concepts [Hale]

10. Modality / C. Sources of Modality / 4. Necessity from Concepts

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Conceptual necessities are made true by all concepts [Hale]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

6017	Nomos is king [Pindar]