17 ideas
| 19336 | Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection [Leibniz] |
| 16123 | Whenever you perceive a community of things, you should also hunt out differences in the group [Plato] |
| 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] |
| 7696 | Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette] |
| 19341 | There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz] |
| 19428 | Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz] |
| 5047 | The world is physically necessary, as its contrary would imply imperfection or moral absurdity [Leibniz] |
| 5961 | The soul gets its goodness from god, and its evil from previous existence. [Plato] |
| 283 | The question of whether or not to persuade comes before the science of persuasion [Plato] |
| 19343 | We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz] |
| 282 | Non-physical beauty can only be shown clearly by speech [Plato] |
| 5655 | Happiness is not satisfaction of desires, but fulfilment of values [Bradley, by Scruton] |
| 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] |
| 19429 | The principle of determination in things obtains the greatest effect with the least effort [Leibniz] |
| 279 | Only divine things can always stay the same, and bodies are not like that [Plato] |