11 ideas
1749 | If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder] |
14804 | Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce] |
22307 | Propositions don't name facts, because two opposed propositions can match one fact [Russell] |
3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
14805 | Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce] |
5835 | The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon] |
3018 | People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
1751 | Pleasure is the good, because we always seek it, it satisfies us, and its opposite is the most avoidable thing [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
1755 | Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, 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] |