17 ideas
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
20435 | If philosophy could be summarised it would be pointless [Adorno] |
3035 | Dialectic involves conversations with short questions and brief answers [Diog. Laertius] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
1816 | Sceptics say demonstration depends on self-demonstrating things, or indemonstrable things [Diog. Laertius] |
1819 | Scepticism has two dogmas: that nothing is definable, and every argument has an opposite argument [Diog. Laertius] |
3064 | When sceptics say that nothing is definable, or all arguments have an opposite, they are being dogmatic [Diog. Laertius] |
3033 | Induction moves from some truths to similar ones, by contraries or consequents [Diog. Laertius] |
7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
1838 | Cyrenaic pleasure is a motion, but Epicurean pleasure is a condition [Diog. Laertius] |
7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
1769 | Cynics believe that when a man wishes for nothing he is like the gods [Diog. Laertius] |
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)] |
15664 | Ideology is 'socially necessary illusion' or 'socially necessary false-consciousness' [Adorno, by Finlayson] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |