17 ideas
| 7914 | To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld] |
| 12169 | Since only men laugh, it seems to be an attribute of reason [Scruton] |
| 12172 | Objects of amusement do not have to be real [Scruton] |
| 12170 | Amusement rests on superiority, or relief, or incongruity [Scruton] |
| 12173 | The central object of amusement is the human [Scruton] |
| 5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
| 5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
| 7118 | La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre] |
| 5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
| 12174 | Only rational beings are attentive without motive or concern [Scruton] |
| 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] |
| 5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |