9 ideas
9198 | It is no longer possible to be a sage, but we can practice the exercise of wisdom [Hadot] |
8988 | Two marxist ideas have dominated in France: base and superstructure, and ideology [Scruton] |
8987 | On the surface of deconstructive writing, technicalities float and then drift away [Scruton] |
8992 | Deconstruction is the last spasm of romanticism, now become hopeless and destructive [Scruton] |
9197 | The logos represents a demand for universal rationality [Hadot] |
9196 | The pleasure of existing is the only genuine pleasure [Hadot] |
8989 | The benefits of social freedom outweigh the loneliness, doubt and alienation it brings [Scruton] |
8990 | So-called 'liberation' is the enemy of freedom, destroying the very structures that are needed [Scruton] |
15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |