15 ideas
23367 | Even pointing a finger should only be done for a reason [Epictetus] |
16123 | Whenever you perceive a community of things, you should also hunt out differences in the group [Plato] |
10838 | To explain a concept, we need its purpose, not just its rules of usage [Dummett] |
16125 | To reveal a nature, divide down, and strip away what it has in common with other things [Plato] |
16124 | No one wants to define 'weaving' just for the sake of weaving [Plato] |
10837 | It is part of the concept of truth that we aim at making true statements [Dummett] |
10840 | We must be able to specify truths in a precise language, like winning moves in a game [Dummett] |
19171 | Tarski's truth is like rules for winning games, without saying what 'winning' means [Dummett, by Davidson] |
5961 | The soul gets its goodness from god, and its evil from previous existence. [Plato] |
10839 | You can't infer a dog's abstract concepts from its behaviour [Dummett] |
283 | The question of whether or not to persuade comes before the science of persuasion [Plato] |
282 | Non-physical beauty can only be shown clearly by speech [Plato] |
281 | The arts produce good and beautiful things by preserving the mean [Plato] |
22559 | Democracy is the worst of good constitutions, but the best of bad constitutions [Plato, by Aristotle] |
279 | Only divine things can always stay the same, and bodies are not like that [Plato] |