7 ideas
| 13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
| 6003 | Galen showed by experiment that the brain controls the body [Galen, by Hankinson] |
| 23903 | When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil] |
| 6030 | Each part of the soul has its virtue - pleasure for appetite, success for competition, and rectitude for reason [Galen] |
| 23901 | Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil] |
| 23904 | The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil] |
| 23902 | I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil] |