8 ideas
9283 | Our ancient beliefs can never be overthrown by subtle arguments [Euripides] |
17950 | The logos enables us to track one particular among a network of objects [Nehamas] |
17951 | A logos may be short, but it contains reference to the whole domain of the object [Nehamas] |
17945 | Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas] |
17946 | Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas] |
579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |