ThesaHelp: references p-r
Group: philosophy
Topic: analytic truth
Topic: objects as a set of attributes
Topic: vitalism, the soul
Topic: philosophy of mind
Topic: sentences, propositions, and truth
Topic: existence
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Reference
Russell, B.,
A critical exposition of the philosophy of Leibniz, London, George Allen & Unwin LTD, 1937 New Edition (1900, 1st).
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Quotations
4 ;;Quote: summary of Leibniz's philosophy--subject & predicate, substance or Ego with multiple predicates, analytic vs. synthetic, perception
| 4+;;Quote: analytic vs. synthetic by (not) asserting existence at particular times
| 4+;;Quote: a substance satisfies predicates or qualities at various times; e.g., the Ego
| 4+;;Quote: perception yields knowledge of the external world; i.e., existents other than myself and my states
| 9 ;;Quote: every proposition is reducible to one which attributes a predicate to a subject
| 9+;;Quote: a subject is defined by its predicates; hence except for existence, every true statement is analytic
| 9+;;Quote: except for God's existence, every existential proposition is synthetic; the subject need not exist
| 10 ;;Quote: an individual substance can not be predicated of any other subject
| 10+;;Quote: every soul is a world apart; contains all predicates past and future; by principle of sufficient reason
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