11 ideas
7914 | To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld] |
21757 | Philosophy is the conceptual essence of the shape of history [Hegel] |
7118 | La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre] |
22381 | Being a good father seems to depend on intentions, rather than actual abilities [Foot] |
7912 | Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld] |
7915 | Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld] |
7917 | Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld] |
7913 | Virtue doesn't go far without the support of vanity [Rochefoucauld] |
7916 | True friendship is even rarer than true love [Rochefoucauld] |
9299 | We are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring [Rochefoucauld] |
22380 | Some words, such as 'knife', have a meaning which involves its function [Foot] |