14 ideas
23664 | Powers are quite distinct and simple, and so cannot be defined [Reid] |
23669 | Thinkers say that matter has intrinsic powers, but is also passive and acted upon [Reid] |
23666 | It is obvious that there could not be a power without a subject which possesses it [Reid] |
23665 | Consciousness is the power of mind to know itself, and minds are grounded in powers [Reid] |
23668 | Our own nature attributes free determinations to our own will [Reid] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
20051 | Reid said that agent causation is a unique type of causation [Reid, by Stout,R] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |
8383 | Day and night are constantly conjoined, but they don't cause one another [Reid, by Crane] |
23667 | Regular events don't imply a cause, without an innate conviction of universal causation [Reid] |
23670 | Scientists don't know the cause of magnetism, and only discover its regulations [Reid] |
23671 | Laws are rules for effects, but these need a cause; rules of navigation don't navigate [Reid] |
20695 | God's eternal power and deity are clearly seen in what has been created [Paul] |