15 ideas
21852 | Nomads are the basis of history, and yet almost unknowable [Deleuze] |
1749 | If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder] |
13591 | Quantified modal logic collapses if essence is withdrawn [Quine] |
13590 | Essences can make sense in a particular context or enquiry, as the most basic predicates [Quine] |
8483 | Necessity is relative to context; it is what is assumed in an inquiry [Quine] |
13589 | Possible worlds are a way to dramatise essentialism, and yet they presuppose essentialism [Quine] |
13588 | A rigid designator (for all possible worlds) picks out an object by its essential traits [Quine] |
13592 | Beliefs can be ascribed to machines [Quine] |
3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
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] |
21853 | We are currently extending capitalism to the whole of society [Deleuze] |
1755 | Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
21851 | The State requires self-preservation, but the war-machine desires destruction [Deleuze] |