11 ideas
7823 | Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling] |
14802 | Physical and psychical laws of mind are either independent, or derived in one or other direction [Peirce] |
7809 | In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling] |
7824 | If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
14800 | The world is full of variety, but laws seem to produce uniformity [Peirce] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |
14801 | Darwinian evolution is chance, with the destruction of bad results [Peirce] |
7819 | Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling] |
7817 | To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling] |
7818 | In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling] |