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There were, then, many questions that arose during the discussions in the meetings. And he wrote these down without much concern for their order, [simply] as he had them. There are writings concerning
r how that which is Being is everywhere whole in the same book. The
l first part has the beginning: "We said that [Being] is everywhere for us." Of the second part
m the beginning is: "Whether it is the same and numerically [one]." He wrote two others in sequence:
one concerning how that which is Beyond Being does not think, and what is the primary thinking thing and what is the secondary. Its beginning is: "One thing indeed thinks
1 one thing, another another; but that [thinks] itself." The other is on potentiality and actuality;
2 of which the beginning is: "The potential is said..." On the passions original: "pathōn," referring to the experiences or "affections" of the soul, such as emotions or sensations of the incorporeal;
3 the beginning: "Saying that the senses are not passions..." On the Soul, Part I. Its beginning:
4 "Regarding the soul, as many things as we must question." On the Soul, Part II. Its beginning: "The
5 perhaps..." On the Soul, Part III, or "On How We See." Its beginning: "Since
6 we suppose..." On Providence, Part I. Its beginning: "Everything indeed truly..."
7 On Providence, Part II. Its beginning: "And indeed we say; for not from itself..."
8 On the Intelligibles The "intelligible world" or the realm of forms/ideas, and that the Good is always there. Its beginning: "The intellect, the true intellect." On
9 the objects of knowledge, and the beginning: "Since, therefore, in science..." On Virtues;
10 the beginning: "Virtues [are] a breadth original: "plathos," likely a corruption for 'plethos' (multitude), questioning whether the virtues form a single unity or a collection." Why things seen from afar appear
11 small; the beginning of which is: "Are things seen from afar...?" Whether happiness is
12 [increased] in time. Its beginning: "Happiness..." On the
13 mixture of elements; original: "kraseōs," referring to the physical and metaphysical theory of how different substances blend together its beginning: "Concerning that which is called through-and-through." How the
14 multitude of Ideas came to subsist. And on the Good; its beginning: "Into
15 our knowledge of the hypothesis." On the voluntary; its beginning: "Is it indeed...?"
16 On the Gods This title usually refers to the treatise on the stars as divine beings. On the World; the beginning: "Taking away the world..."
17 On sensation and memory; its beginning: "Sensations [are] not imprints..."
18 On the Kinds of Being, Part I. The beginning of which is: "Concerning beings, how many
19 and what they are." On the Kinds of Being, Part II. The beginning: "Since concerning those
20 things said..." On the Kinds of Being, Part III. The beginning: "Concerning
21 these things which have come." On Eternity and Time; the beginning: "Eternity..."
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