16 ideas
12741 | If experience is just a dream, it is still real enough if critical reason is never deceived [Leibniz] |
12740 | The strongest criterion that phenomena show reality is success in prediction [Leibniz] |
22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
12721 | Light, heat and colour are apparent qualities, and so are motion, figure and extension [Leibniz] |
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
22876 | Democracy is the development of human nature when it shares in the running of communal activities [Dewey] |
22875 | Democracy is not just a form of government; it is a mode of shared living [Dewey] |
22874 | Individuality is only developed within groups [Dewey] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |