14 ideas
16066 | Additional or removal of any part changes a thing, so people are never the same person [Epicharmus] |
436 | A dog seems handsome to another a dog, and even a pig to another pig [Epicharmus] |
7658 | Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett] |
7655 | The work done by the 'homunculus in the theatre' must be spread amongst non-conscious agencies [Dennett] |
7657 | Intelligent agents are composed of nested homunculi, of decreasing intelligence, ending in machines [Dennett] |
7656 | I don't deny consciousness; it just isn't what people think it is [Dennett] |
7654 | What matters about neuro-science is the discovery of the functional role of the chemistry [Dennett] |
442 | Pleasures are like pirates - if you are caught they drown you in a sea of pleasures [Epicharmus] |
440 | Hands wash hands; give that you may get [Epicharmus] |
541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
441 | Against a villain, villainy is not a useless weapon [Epicharmus] |
439 | God knows everything, and nothing is impossible for him [Epicharmus] |
542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |
443 | Human logos is an aspect of divine logos, and is sufficient for successful living [Epicharmus] |