40 ideas
| 18290 | But what is the reasoning of the body, that it requires the wisdom you seek? [Nietzsche] |
| 14052 | Begin philosophy when you are young, and keep going when you are old [Epicurus] |
| 18303 | Reject wisdom that lacks laughter [Nietzsche] |
| 18305 | To love truth, you must know how to lie [Nietzsche] |
| 20757 | The powerful self behind your thoughts and feelings is your body [Nietzsche] |
| 18289 | Forget the word 'I'; 'I' is performed by the intelligence of your body [Nietzsche] |
| 14062 | Sooner follow mythology, than accept the 'fate' of natural philosophers [Epicurus] |
| 1837 | We should not refer things to irresponsible necessity, but either to fortune or to our own will [Epicurus] |
| 18299 | The will is constantly frustrated by the past [Nietzsche] |
| 1836 | Prudence is more valuable than philosophy, because it avoids confusions of the soul [Epicurus] |
| 14061 | Our own choices are autonomous, and the basis for praise and blame [Epicurus] |
| 18297 | We created meanings, to maintain ourselves [Nietzsche] |
| 18293 | The noble man wants new virtues; the good man preserves what is old [Nietzsche] |
| 14054 | Fearing death is absurd, because we are not present when it occurs [Epicurus] |
| 14053 | It is absurd to fear the pain of death when you are not even facing it [Epicurus] |
| 14055 | The wisdom that produces a good life also produces a good death [Epicurus] |
| 18301 | We only really love children and work [Nietzsche] |
| 14057 | All pleasures are good, but it is not always right to choose them [Epicurus] |
| 14058 | Pleasure is the goal, but as lack of pain and calm mind, not as depraved or greedy pleasure [Epicurus] |
| 1833 | Pleasure is the first good in life [Epicurus] |
| 14063 | Sooner a good decision going wrong, than a bad one turning out for the good [Epicurus] |
| 18307 | I want my work, not happiness! [Nietzsche] |
| 14059 | The best life is not sensuality, but rational choice and healthy opinion [Epicurus] |
| 1835 | True pleasure is not debauchery, but freedom from physical and mental pain [Epicurus] |
| 14056 | We only need pleasure when we have the pain of desire [Epicurus] |
| 14060 | Prudence is the greatest good, and more valuable than philosophy, because it produces virtue [Epicurus] |
| 18291 | Virtues can destroy one another, through jealousy [Nietzsche] |
| 18287 | People now find both wealth and poverty too much of a burden [Nietzsche] |
| 18295 | If you want friends, you must be a fighter [Nietzsche] |
| 18286 | The greatest experience possible is contempt for your own happiness, reason and virtue [Nietzsche] |
| 18296 | An enduring people needs its own individual values [Nietzsche] |
| 18294 | The state coldly claims that it is the people, but that is a lie [Nietzsche] |
| 18304 | Saints want to live as they desire, or not to live at all [Nietzsche] |
| 18300 | Whenever we have seen suffering, we have wanted the revenge of punishment [Nietzsche] |
| 18302 | Man and woman are deeply strange to one another! [Nietzsche] |
| 19399 | Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz] |
| 18292 | I can only believe in a God who can dance [Nietzsche] |
| 18298 | Not being a god is insupportable, so there are no gods! [Nietzsche] |
| 18288 | Heaven was invented by the sick and the dying [Nietzsche] |
| 18306 | We don't want heaven; now that we are men, we want the kingdom of earth [Nietzsche] |