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Entity Quotes by William of Ockham
- Entities should not be posited unnecessarily.
- Entities must not be multiplied beyond necessity.
- Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.
- Entities are not to be multiplied beyond necessity.
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