12 ideas
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
411 | If we succeed in speaking the truth, we cannot know we have done it [Xenophanes] |
412 | If God had not created honey, men would say figs are sweeter [Xenophanes] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
23812 | Force is what turns man into a thing, and ultimately into a corpse [Weil] |
23813 | Only people who understand force, and don't respect it, are capable of justice [Weil] |
1640 | The basic Eleatic belief was that all things are one [Xenophanes, by Plato] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |
3055 | Xenophanes said the essence of God was spherical and utterly inhuman [Xenophanes, by Diog. Laertius] |
408 | Ethiopian gods have black hair, and Thracian gods have red hair [Xenophanes] |
407 | Mortals believe gods are born, and have voices and clothes just like mortals [Xenophanes] |