25 ideas
6319 | Wise people choose inaction and silence [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6325 | One who knows does not speak; one who speaks does not know [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
23367 | Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus] |
6321 | Vulgar people are alert; I alone am muddled [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
16951 | It was realised that possible worlds covered all modal logics, if they had a structure [Dummett] |
16953 | Relative possibility one way may be impossible coming back, so it isn't symmetrical [Dummett] |
16952 | If something is only possible relative to another possibility, the possibility relation is not transitive [Dummett] |
16960 | If possibilitiy is relative, that might make accessibility non-transitive, and T the correct system [Dummett] |
16958 | In S4 the actual world has a special place [Dummett] |
16957 | Possible worlds aren't how the world might be, but how a world might be, given some possibility [Dummett] |
16959 | If possible worlds have no structure (S5) they are equal, and it is hard to deny them reality [Dummett] |
6328 | To know yet to think that one does not know is best [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6323 | Pursuit of learning increases activity; the Way decreases it [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6331 | Truth is not beautiful; beautiful speech is not truthful [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6330 | One with no use for life is wiser than one who values it [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6327 | Do good to him who has done you an injury [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
23402 | The highest virtue is achieved without effort [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
16956 | To explain generosity in a person, you must understand a generous action [Dummett] |
6324 | To gain in goodness, treat as good those who are good, and those who are not [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6322 | There is no crime greater than having too many desires [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6320 | The best rulers are invisible, the next admired, the next feared, and the worst are exploited [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6329 | People are hard to govern because authorities love to do things [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6326 | The better known the law, the more criminals there are [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
23401 | A military victory is not a thing of beauty [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
16954 | Generalised talk of 'natural kinds' is unfortunate, as they vary too much [Dummett] |