7 ideas
| 9626 | A structure is an abstraction, focussing on relationships, and ignoring other features [Shapiro] |
| 23857 | People in power always try to increase their power [Weil] |
| 23856 | Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression [Weil] |
| 23859 | True democracy is the subordination of society to the individual [Weil] |
| 23858 | War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil] |
| 23860 | Even if a drowning man is doomed, he should keep swimming to the last [Weil] |
| 15877 | The aim of science is just to create a comprehensive, elegant language to describe brute facts [Poincaré, by Harré] |