12 ideas
8658 | For there was never yet philosopher/ That could endure the toothache patiently [Shakespeare] |
22708 | Good reasons must give way to better [Shakespeare] |
3144 | Everything is what it is, and not another thing [Butler] |
21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
1799 | If we can't know minds, we can't know if Pyrrho was a sceptic [Theodosius, by Diog. Laertius] |
21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
20304 | The cause of my action is in my will [Shakespeare] |
8066 | Butler exalts conscience, but it may be horribly misleading [Anscombe on Butler] |
23565 | Our obedience to the king erases any crimes we commit for him [Shakespeare] |