11 ideas
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
19590 | Empiricists are passive thinkers, given their philosophy by the external world and fate [Novalis] |
20937 | The state should produce higher civilisations for all, in tune with the economic apparatus [Gramsci] |
20935 | Eventually political parties lose touch with the class they represent, which is dangerous [Gramsci] |
20936 | Caesarism emerges when two forces in society are paralysed in conflict [Gramsci] |
20941 | Totalitarian parties cut their members off from other cultural organisations [Gramsci] |
20939 | What is the function of a parliament? Does it even constitute a part of the State structure? [Gramsci] |
20938 | Liberalism's weakness is its powerful rigid bureaucracy [Gramsci] |
20940 | Perfect political equality requires economic equality [Gramsci] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |