17 ideas
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
6027 | From the fact that some men die, we cannot infer that they all do [Philodemus] |
17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
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)] |
22241 | Don't fear god or worry about death; the good is easily got and the terrible easily cured [Philodemus] |
7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |