18 ideas
2922 | All intelligent Romans were Epicureans [Nietzsche] |
7848 | Philosophy begins in the horror and absurdity of existence [Nietzsche, by Ansell Pearson] |
2914 | One must never ask whether truth is useful [Nietzsche] |
23520 | Truth has had to be fought for, and normal life must be sacrificed to achieve it [Nietzsche] |
6402 | In 1927, Russell analysed force and matter in terms of events [Russell, by Grayling] |
14732 | A perceived physical object is events grouped around a centre [Russell] |
14733 | An object produces the same percepts with or without a substance, so that is irrelevant to science [Russell] |
6418 | Russell rejected phenomenalism because it couldn't account for causal relations [Russell, by Grayling] |
2921 | Philosophy grasps the limits of human reason, and values are beyond it [Nietzsche] |
20138 | Christianity is at war with the higher type of man, and excommunicates his basic instincts [Nietzsche] |
20375 | Virtues must be highly personal; if not, it is merely respect for a concept [Nietzsche] |
2915 | Each person should devise his own virtues and categorical imperative [Nietzsche] |
21706 | At first matter is basic and known by sense-data; later Russell says matter is constructed [Russell, by Linsky,B] |
2920 | A God who cures us of a head cold at the right moment is a total absurdity [Nietzsche] |
2917 | Christianity is a revolt of things crawling on the ground against elevated things [Nietzsche] |
2918 | The story in Genesis is the story of God's fear of science [Nietzsche] |
2919 | 'Faith' means not wanting to know what is true [Nietzsche] |
2916 | The great lie of immortality destroys rationality and natural instinct [Nietzsche] |