8 ideas
18933 | Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius] |
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
5864 | Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias] |
9866 | Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato] |
5126 | A carelessly thrown brick is condemned much more if it hits someone [Smith,A, by Harman] |
20991 | People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A] |
20680 | Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |