27 ideas
6259 | Why can't a wise man doubt everything? [Montaigne] |
6263 | No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air [Montaigne] |
23122 | Montaigne was the founding father of liberalism [Montaigne, by Gopnik] |
6258 | Virtue is the distinctive mark of truth, and its greatest product [Montaigne] |
3340 | Von Neumann defines each number as the set of all smaller numbers [Neumann, by Blackburn] |
15943 | Limitation of Size is not self-evident, and seems too strong [Lavine on Neumann] |
3355 | Von Neumann wanted mathematical functions to replace sets [Neumann, by Benardete,JA] |
13489 | Von Neumann treated cardinals as a special sort of ordinal [Neumann, by Hart,WD] |
22716 | Von Neumann defined ordinals as the set of all smaller ordinals [Neumann, by Poundstone] |
12336 | A von Neumann ordinal is a transitive set with transitive elements [Neumann, by Badiou] |
18179 | For Von Neumann the successor of n is n U {n} (rather than {n}) [Neumann, by Maddy] |
18180 | Von Neumann numbers are preferred, because they continue into the transfinite [Maddy on Neumann] |
15925 | Each Von Neumann ordinal number is the set of its predecessors [Neumann, by Lavine] |
13672 | All the axioms for mathematics presuppose set theory [Neumann] |
6262 | We lack some sense or other, and hence objects may have hidden features [Montaigne] |
13230 | Particular essence is often captured by generality [Steiner,M] |
6260 | Sceptics say there is truth, but no means of making or testing lasting judgements [Montaigne] |
13229 | Maybe an instance of a generalisation is more explanatory than the particular case [Steiner,M] |
13231 | Explanatory proofs rest on 'characterizing properties' of entities or structure [Steiner,M] |
6261 | The soul is in the brain, as shown by head injuries [Montaigne] |
7496 | Rules and duties are based on the will, as that is all we control [Montaigne] |
7495 | Apart from the fear, dying is an easy duty [Montaigne] |
22269 | We must fight fiercely to hang on to the few pleasures which survive into old age [Montaigne] |
20482 | Virtue inspires Stoics, but I want a good temperament [Montaigne] |
20480 | There is not much point in only becoming good near the end of your life [Montaigne] |
20481 | Nothing we say can be worse than unsaying it in the face of authority [Montaigne] |
20479 | People at home care far more than soldiers risking death about the outcome of wars [Montaigne] |