13 ideas
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
3986 | The 'intentional stance' is a way of interpreting an entity by assuming it is rational and self-aware [Dennett] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
3987 | Like the 'centre of gravity', desires and beliefs are abstract concepts with no actual existence [Dennett] |
3984 | The nature of content is entirely based on its functional role [Dennett] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
3983 | Learning is evolution in the brain [Dennett] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |
1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
3985 | Biology is a type of engineering, not a search for laws of nature [Dennett] |
5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |