16 ideas
5035 | The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
5038 | Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
23366 | We see nature's will in the ways all people are the same [Epictetus] |
1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
4022 | Epictetus says we should console others for misfortune, but not be moved by pity [Epictetus, by Taylor,C] |
23365 | If someone is weeping, you should sympathise and help, but not share his suffering [Epictetus] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
23368 | Perhaps we should persuade culprits that their punishment is just? [Epictetus] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |
5037 | God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz] |