5 ideas
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
13165 | Geometrical proofs do not show causes, as when we prove a triangle contains two right angles [Proclus] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
9569 | The origin of geometry started in sensation, then moved to calculation, and then to reason [Proclus] |
3029 | Stilpo said if Athena is a daughter of Zeus, then a statue is only the child of a sculptor, and so is not a god [Stilpo, by Diog. Laertius] |