14 ideas
22868 | The value and truth of knowledge are measured by success in activity [Dewey] |
22865 | Habits constitute the self [Dewey] |
7127 | If men are good you should keep promises, but they aren't, so you needn't [Machiavelli] |
22871 | The good people are those who improve; the bad are those who deteriorate [Dewey] |
6231 | There is a self-determing power in each person, which makes them what they are [Cudworth] |
6309 | The principle foundations of all states are good laws and good armies [Machiavelli] |
6305 | To retain a conquered state, wipe out the ruling family, and preserve everything else [Machiavelli] |
6306 | People are vengeful, so be generous to them, or destroy them [Machiavelli] |
6308 | A sensible conqueror does all his harmful deeds immediately, because people soon forget [Machiavelli] |
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] |
6307 | A desire to conquer, and men who do it, are always praised, or not blamed [Machiavelli] |
7486 | Machiavelli emancipated politics from religion [Machiavelli, by Watson] |