11 ideas
21852 | Nomads are the basis of history, and yet almost unknowable [Deleuze] |
7823 | Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling] |
2596 | Maybe mind and body are parallel, like two good clocks [Leibniz] |
7809 | In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling] |
21853 | We are currently extending capitalism to the whole of society [Deleuze] |
21851 | The State requires self-preservation, but the war-machine desires destruction [Deleuze] |
7824 | If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling] |
2595 | If the universe is a perfect agreement of uncommunicating substances, there must be a common source [Leibniz] |
7819 | Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling] |
7817 | To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling] |
7818 | In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling] |