8 ideas
5060 | All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads' [Leibniz] |
22692 | A work can be morally and artistically excellent, despite rejecting moral truth [John,E] |
22693 | The works we value most are in sympathy with our own moral views [John,E] |
22694 | We should understand what is morally important in a story, without having to endorse it [John,E] |
22695 | We value morality in art because that is what we care about - but it is a contingent fact [John,E] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
5059 | Power rules in efficient causes, but wisdom rules in connecting them to final causes [Leibniz] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |