8 ideas
16620 | A chair is wood, and its shape is the form; it isn't 'compounded' of the matter and form [Hobbes] |
16622 | Essence is just an artificial word from logic, giving a way of thinking about substances [Hobbes] |
14804 | Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce] |
14805 | Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
14806 | If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce] |
14803 | The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |