29 ideas
12780 | We can grasp the wisdom of God a priori [Leibniz] |
13070 | If definitions must be general, and general terms can't individuate, then Socrates can't be defined [Aquinas, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
11197 | The definitions expressing identity are used to sort things [Aquinas] |
11195 | If affirmative propositions express being, we affirm about what is absent [Aquinas] |
12774 | Without a substantial chain to link monads, they would just be coordinated dreams [Leibniz] |
12782 | Monads control nothing outside of themselves [Leibniz] |
12777 | Monads do not make a unity unless a substantial chain is added to them [Leibniz] |
11201 | Properties have an incomplete essence, with definitions referring to their subject [Aquinas] |
12778 | There is active and passive power in the substantial chain and in the essence of a composite [Leibniz] |
12783 | Primitive force is what gives a composite its reality [Leibniz] |
11205 | If the form of 'human' contains 'many', Socrates isn't human; if it contains 'one', Socrates is Plato [Aquinas] |
13090 | The principle of diversity for corporeal substances is their matter [Aquinas, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
12775 | Things seem to be unified if we see duration, position, interaction and connection [Leibniz] |
12776 | Every substance is alive [Leibniz] |
11202 | It is by having essence that things exist [Aquinas] |
11203 | Specific individual essence is defined by material, and generic essence is defined by form [Aquinas] |
11200 | The definition of a physical object must include the material as well as the form [Aquinas] |
11196 | Essence is something in common between the natures which sort things into categories [Aquinas] |
11208 | A simple substance is its own essence [Aquinas] |
12753 | A substantial bond of powers is needed to unite composites, in addition to monads [Leibniz] |
12781 | A composite substance is a mere aggregate if its essence is just its parts [Leibniz] |
12779 | There is a reason why not every possible thing exists [Leibniz] |
12785 | Truth is mutually agreed perception [Leibniz] |
11198 | Definition of essence makes things understandable [Aquinas] |
11206 | The mind constructs complete attributions, based on the unified elements of the real world [Aquinas] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
11207 | A cause can exist without its effect, but the effect cannot exist without its cause [Aquinas] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
12784 | Allow no more miracles than are necessary [Leibniz] |