11 ideas
7910 | Pursue truth with the urgency of someone whose clothes are on fire [Ashvaghosha] |
16676 | Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham] |
20725 | The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber] |
20722 | Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber] |
20724 | When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber] |
20717 | Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber] |
20718 | Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber] |
16675 | Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham] |
20719 | Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber] |
7909 | The Eightfold Path concerns morality, wisdom, and tranquillity [Ashvaghosha] |
7908 | At the end of a saint, he is not located in space, but just ceases to be disturbed [Ashvaghosha] |