11 ideas
1556 | By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias] |
3654 | The pineal gland links soul to body, and unites the two symmetrical sides of the body [Descartes, by PG] |
4015 | For Descartes passions are God-given preservers of the mind-body union [Descartes, by Taylor,C] |
23989 | There are six primitive passions: wonder, love, hatred, desire, joy and sadness [Descartes, by Goldie] |
4313 | Are there a few primary passions (say, joy, sadness and desire)? [Descartes, by Cottingham] |
20037 | Merely willing to walk leads to our walking [Descartes] |
21375 | Reason can be vicious, and great crimes have to be rational [Schopenhauer] |
21379 | Man's three basic ethical incentives are egoism, malice and compassion [Schopenhauer] |
16763 | We don't die because the soul departs; the soul departs because the organs cease functioning [Descartes] |
4016 | Descartes makes strength of will the central virtue [Descartes, by Taylor,C] |
21376 | Philosophy treats animals as exploitable things, ignoring the significance of their lives [Schopenhauer] |