17 ideas
23825 | We seek truth only because it is good [Weil] |
16639 | Only individual bodies exist [Bacon] |
16033 | There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon] |
21950 | Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon] |
23826 | Beauty, goodness and truth are only achieved by applying full attention [Weil] |
23833 | The good is a nothingness, and yet real [Weil] |
23808 | There are two goods - the absolute good we want, and the reachable opposite of evil [Weil] |
5049 | Intelligent pleasure is the perception of beauty, order and perfection [Leibniz] |
23831 | The essence of power is illusory prestige [Weil] |
23830 | A group is only dangerous if it endorses an abstract entity [Weil] |
23809 | Our only social duty is to try to limit evil [Weil] |
23807 | The collective is the one and only object of false idolatry [Weil] |
23810 | Charity is the only love, and you can feel that for a country (a place with traditions), but not a nation [Weil] |
23811 | If effort is from necessity rather than for a good, it is slavery [Weil] |
5048 | Perfection is simply quantity of reality [Leibniz] |
23765 | The soul is the intrinsic value of a human [Weil] |
5050 | Evil serves a greater good, and pain is necessary for higher pleasure [Leibniz] |