Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Laches', 'On the Reality of Accidents' and 'Aristotle's Theory of Substance'

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6 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

291	Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]

8. Modes of Existence / B. Properties / 3. Types of Properties

12354

A 'categorial' property is had by virtue of being or having an item from a category [Wedin]

8. Modes of Existence / E. Nominalism / 4. Concept Nominalism

19382

Abstracta are abbreviated ways of talking; there are just substances, and truths about them [Leibniz]

9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / d. Substance defined

12358

Substance is a principle and a kind of cause [Wedin]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 2. Hylomorphism / a. Hylomorphism

12346

Form explains why some matter is of a certain kind, and that is explanatory bedrock [Wedin]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / d. Courage

293	Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato]