9 ideas
21405 | Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long] |
20871 | Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero] |
20752 | For man, being is not what he is, but what he is going to be [Ortega y Gassett] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
20756 | Instead of having a nature, man only has a history [Ortega y Gassett] |
6031 | The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |