20 ideas
5042 | For every event it is possible for an omniscient being to give a reason for its occurrence [Leibniz] |
19342 | Reason avoids multiplying hypotheses or principles [Leibniz] |
12711 | The immediate cause of movements is more real [than geometry] [Leibniz] |
304 | Beautiful things must be different from beauty itself, but beauty itself must be present in each of them [Plato] |
19349 | The complete notion of a substance implies all of its predicates or attributes [Leibniz] |
7558 | Substances mirror God or the universe, each from its own viewpoint [Leibniz] |
16761 | Forms are of no value in physics, but are indispensable in metaphysics [Leibniz] |
13088 | Subjects include predicates, so full understanding of subjects reveals all the predicates [Leibniz] |
13085 | Leibniz is some form of haecceitist [Leibniz, by Cover/O'Leary-Hawthorne] |
16120 | Knowing how to achieve immortality is pointless without the knowledge how to use immortality [Plato] |
5024 | Knowledge doesn't just come from the senses; we know the self, substance, identity, being etc. [Leibniz] |
303 | Say how many teeth the other has, then count them. If you are right, we will trust your other claims [Plato] |
5027 | If a person's memories became totally those of the King of China, he would be the King of China [Leibniz] |
5023 | Future contingent events are certain, because God foresees them, but that doesn't make them necessary [Leibniz] |
2119 | People argue for God's free will, but it isn't needed if God acts in perfection following supreme reason [Leibniz] |
5025 | Mind and body can't influence one another, but God wouldn't intervene in the daily routine [Leibniz] |
5026 | Animals lack morality because they lack self-reflection [Leibniz] |
302 | What knowledge is required to live well? [Plato] |
301 | Only knowledge of some sort is good [Plato] |
305 | Something which lies midway between two evils is better than either of them [Plato] |