9 ideas
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
6602 | Philosophy is like a statue which is worshipped but never advances [Bacon] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
16724 | The senses deceive, but also show their own errors [Bacon] |
6603 | Nature is revealed when we put it under pressure rather than observe it [Bacon] |
20416 | By 1790 aestheticians were mainly trying to explain individual artistic genius [Kemp] |
20417 | Expression can be either necessary for art, or sufficient for art (or even both) [Kemp] |
20418 | The horror expressed in some works of art could equallly be expressed by other means [Kemp] |
20419 | We don't already know what to express, and then seek means of expressing it [Kemp] |