13 ideas
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
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] |
23903 | When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil] |
6000 | The goal is rationality in the selection of things according to nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
5999 | The good is what is perfect by nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
6001 | Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
23901 | Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |
23904 | The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil] |
23902 | I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil] |