19 ideas
| 7396 | Hobbes created English-language philosophy [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
| 1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
| 16638 | The qualities of the world are mere appearances; reality is the motions which cause them [Hobbes] |
| 16688 | Evidence is conception, which is imagination, which proceeds from the senses [Hobbes] |
| 7405 | Experience can't prove universal truths [Hobbes] |
| 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)] |
| 1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
| 22110 | Demonstration provides depth of understanding and explanation (rather than foundations) [Kretzmann/Stump] |
| 7408 | It is an error that reason should control the passions, which give right guidance on their own [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
| 1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
| 7407 | Good and evil are what please us; goodness and badness the powers causing them [Hobbes] |
| 1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
| 7410 | Self-preservation is basic, and people judge differently about that, implying ethical relativism [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
| 7409 | Hobbes shifted from talk of 'the good' to talk of 'rights' [Hobbes, by Tuck] |
| 1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |
| 7411 | The attributes of God just show our inability to conceive his nature [Hobbes] |