8 ideas
15716 | If axioms and their implications have no contradictions, they pass my criterion of truth and existence [Hilbert] |
23476 | Logical constants seem to be entities in propositions, but are actually pure form [Russell] |
23477 | We use logical notions, so they must be objects - but I don't know what they really are [Russell] |
18273 | Logical truths are known by their extreme generality [Russell] |
22315 | There can't be a negative of a complex, which is negated by its non-existence [Potter on Russell] |
23829 | National leaders want to preserve necessary order - but always the existing order [Weil] |
23828 | National prestige consists of behaving as if you could beat the others in a war [Weil] |
23827 | Modern wars are fought in the name of empty words which are given capital letters [Weil] |