9 ideas
| 19594 | General statements about nature are not valid [Novalis] |
| 19596 | The whole body is involved in the formation of thoughts [Novalis] |
| 541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
| 19813 | All legislators invoke God in support of extraordinary laws, because their justification is not obvious [Machiavelli] |
| 7126 | Rulers should preserve the foundations of religion, to ensure good behaviour and unity [Machiavelli] |
| 19593 | Persons are shaped by a life history; splendid persons are shaped by world history [Novalis] |
| 19595 | Nature is a whole, and its individual parts cannot be wholly understood [Novalis] |
| 19592 | The basic relations of nature are musical [Novalis] |
| 542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |