13 ideas
| 7914 | To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld] |
| 2614 | Modern phenomenalism holds that objects are logical constructions out of sense-data [Ayer] |
| 2615 | The concept of sense-data allows us to discuss appearances without worrying about reality [Ayer] |
| 7118 | La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre] |
| 15675 | We don't condemn people for being bad at reasoning [Finlayson] |
| 7912 | Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld] |
| 7915 | Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld] |
| 7917 | Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld] |
| 7913 | Virtue doesn't go far without the support of vanity [Rochefoucauld] |
| 7916 | True friendship is even rarer than true love [Rochefoucauld] |
| 15674 | One can universalise good advice, but that doesn't make it an obligation [Finlayson] |
| 9299 | We are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring [Rochefoucauld] |
| 15662 | The 'culture industry' is an advertisement for the way things are [Finlayson] |