20 ideas
12105 | Our knowledge starts in theology, passes through metaphysics, and ends in positivism [Comte] |
12104 | All ideas must be understood historically [Comte] |
1597 | Thales was the first western thinker to believe the arché was intelligible [Roochnik on Thales] |
12112 | Metaphysics is just the oversubtle qualification of abstract names for phenomena [Comte] |
12106 | Positivism gives up absolute truth, and seeks phenomenal laws, by reason and observation [Comte] |
7491 | The phases of human thought are theological, then metaphysical, then positivist [Comte, by Watson] |
12111 | Positivism is the final state of human intelligence [Comte] |
12114 | Science can drown in detail, so we need broad scientists (to keep out the metaphysicians) [Comte] |
12116 | Only positivist philosophy can terminate modern social crises [Comte] |
3013 | Nothing is stronger than necessity, which rules everything [Thales, by Diog. Laertius] |
18988 | Behind the bare phenomenal facts there is nothing [Wright,Ch] |
12108 | All real knowledge rests on observed facts [Comte] |
12109 | We must observe in order to form theories, but connected observations need prior theories [Comte] |
12107 | Positivism explains facts by connecting particular phenomena with general facts [Comte] |
12115 | Introspection is pure illusion; we can obviously observe everything except ourselves [Comte] |
1494 | Thales said water is the first principle, perhaps from observing that food is moist [Thales, by Aristotle] |
12113 | The search for first or final causes is futile [Comte] |
12110 | We can never know origins, purposes or inner natures [Comte] |
1713 | Thales must have thought soul causes movement, since he thought magnets have soul [Thales, by Aristotle] |
1742 | Thales said the gods know our wrong thoughts as well as our evil actions [Thales, by Diog. Laertius] |