9 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
9052 | Vague predicates lack application; there are no borderline cases; vague F is not F [Unger, by Keefe/Smith] |
13168 | My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz] |
13169 | I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz] |
13170 | The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz] |
16070 | There are no objects with proper parts; there are only mereological simples [Unger, by Wasserman] |
13171 | Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |