12 ideas
17783 | A number is not a multitude, but a unified ratio between quantities [Newton] |
4867 | Whether nature is beautiful or orderly is entirely in relation to human imagination [Spinoza] |
4866 | God is a being with infinite attributes, each of them infinite or perfect [Spinoza] |
21332 | We don't get a love of 'order' from nature - which is thoroughly chaotic [Mill] |
4868 | Trying to prove God's existence through miracles is proving the obscure by the more obscure [Spinoza] |
21333 | Evil comes from good just as often as good comes from evil [Mill] |
21335 | Belief that an afterlife is required for justice is an admission that this life is very unjust [Mill] |
21334 | No necessity ties an omnipotent Creator, so he evidently wills human misery [Mill] |
21329 | Nature dispenses cruelty with no concern for either mercy or justice [Mill] |
21328 | Killing is a human crime, but nature kills everyone, and often with great tortures [Mill] |
21330 | Nature makes childbirth a miserable experience, often leading to the death of the mother [Mill] |
21331 | Hurricanes, locusts, floods and blight can starve a million people to death [Mill] |