18 ideas
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
1403 | A rational donkey would starve to death between two totally identical piles of hay [Buridan, by PG] |
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
16678 | Without magnitude a thing would retain its parts, but they would have no location [Buridan] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
16793 | A thing is (less properly) the same over time if each part is succeeded by another [Buridan] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
16726 | Why can't we deduce secondary qualities from primary ones, if they cause them? [Buridan] |
16577 | Induction is not demonstration, because not all of the instances can be observed [Buridan] |
16576 | Science is based on induction, for general truths about fire, rhubarb and magnets [Buridan] |
7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
7896 | The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7897 | The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |