13 ideas
9808 | Philosophy aims to reveal the grandeur of mathematics [Badiou] |
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
9812 | In mathematics, if a problem can be formulated, it will eventually be solved [Badiou] |
9813 | Mathematics shows that thinking is not confined to the finite [Badiou] |
9809 | Mathematics inscribes being as such [Badiou] |
9811 | It is of the essence of being to appear [Badiou] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
9814 | All great poetry is engaged in rivalry with mathematics [Badiou] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
7907 | Human killing is worse if the victim is virtuous [Buddhaghosa] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |