10 ideas
17743 | De Morgan introduced a 'universe of discourse', to replace Boole's universe of 'all things' [De Morgan, by Walicki] |
19419 | Not all of perception is accompanied by consciousness [Leibniz] |
19421 | Souls act as if there were no bodies, and bodies act as if there were no souls [Leibniz] |
19420 | Death and generation are just transformations of an animal, augmented or diminished [Leibniz] |
541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
19416 | Not all of matter is animated, any more than a pond full of living fish is animated [Leibniz] |
19422 | Every particle of matter contains organic bodies [Leibniz] |
19418 | Mechanics shows that all motion originates in other motion, so there is a Prime Mover [Leibniz] |
19417 | All substances are in harmony, even though separate, so they must have one divine cause [Leibniz] |
542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |