11 ideas
3425 | Reduction has been defined as deriving one theory from another by logic and maths [Nagel,E, by Kim] |
5060 | All substances analyse down to simple substances, which are souls, or 'monads' [Leibniz] |
5059 | Power rules in efficient causes, but wisdom rules in connecting them to final causes [Leibniz] |
21332 | We don't get a love of 'order' from nature - which is thoroughly chaotic [Mill] |
21333 | Evil comes from good just as often as good comes from evil [Mill] |
21335 | Belief that an afterlife is required for justice is an admission that this life is very unjust [Mill] |
21334 | No necessity ties an omnipotent Creator, so he evidently wills human misery [Mill] |
21329 | Nature dispenses cruelty with no concern for either mercy or justice [Mill] |
21328 | Killing is a human crime, but nature kills everyone, and often with great tortures [Mill] |
21330 | Nature makes childbirth a miserable experience, often leading to the death of the mother [Mill] |
21331 | Hurricanes, locusts, floods and blight can starve a million people to death [Mill] |