29 ideas
7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
23825 | We seek truth only because it is good [Weil] |
10502 | We can rise by degrees through abstraction, with higher levels representing more things [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
18258 | We can only know the exterior world via our ideas [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
16784 | Forms make things distinct and explain the properties, by pure form, or arrangement of parts [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
10499 | We know by abstraction because we only understand composite things a part at a time [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10501 | A triangle diagram is about all triangles, if some features are ignored [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
10500 | No one denies that a line has width, but we can just attend to its length [Arnauld,A/Nicole,P] |
7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
23826 | Beauty, goodness and truth are only achieved by applying full attention [Weil] |
7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
23833 | The good is a nothingness, and yet real [Weil] |
23808 | There are two goods - the absolute good we want, and the reachable opposite of evil [Weil] |
23831 | The essence of power is illusory prestige [Weil] |
23830 | A group is only dangerous if it endorses an abstract entity [Weil] |
23809 | Our only social duty is to try to limit evil [Weil] |
23807 | The collective is the one and only object of false idolatry [Weil] |
23810 | Charity is the only love, and you can feel that for a country (a place with traditions), but not a nation [Weil] |
23811 | If effort is from necessity rather than for a good, it is slavery [Weil] |
7988 | There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)] |
7992 | The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)] |
7994 | Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
7997 | Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
23765 | The soul is the intrinsic value of a human [Weil] |
7998 | The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)] |