18 ideas
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
15959 | If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass? [Alexander,P] |
15956 | The peripatetics treated forms and real qualities as independent of matter, and non-material [Alexander,P] |
15642 | If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle] |
15645 | Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle] |
15643 | Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
15975 | Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P] |
7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
7896 | The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7897 | The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)] |
7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
15963 | Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P] |
15641 | Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle] |
15951 | Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P] |
15981 | Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations [Alexander,P] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |