15 ideas
5893 | A wise man has integrity, firmness of will, nobility, consistency, sobriety, patience [Cicero] |
5891 | Philosophy is the collection of rational arguments [Cicero] |
19404 | Necessities rest on contradiction, and contingencies on sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
5879 | The soul is the heart, or blood in the heart, or part of the brain, of something living in heart or brain, or breath [Cicero] |
5884 | How can one mind perceive so many dissimilar sensations? [Cicero] |
5887 | The soul has a single nature, so it cannot be divided, and hence it cannot perish [Cicero] |
19355 | The soul doesn't understand many of its own actions, if perceptions are confused and desires buried [Leibniz] |
5886 | Like the eye, the soul has no power to see itself, but sees other things [Cicero] |
19350 | We should say that body is mechanism and soul is immaterial, asserting their independence [Leibniz] |
5885 | Souls contain no properties of elements, and elements contain no properties of souls [Cicero] |
5890 | We should not share the distress of others, but simply try to relieve it [Cicero] |
5894 | All men except philosophers fear poverty [Cicero] |
5895 | If one despises illiterate mechanics individually, they are not worth more collectively [Cicero] |
19356 | Minds unconsciously count vibration beats in music, and enjoy it when they coincide [Leibniz] |
19403 | Each of the infinite possible worlds has its own laws, and the individuals contain those laws [Leibniz] |