41 ideas
| 7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 23064 | So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting [Cioran] |
| 13734 | Modern Quinean metaphysics is about what exists, but Aristotelian metaphysics asks about grounding [Schaffer,J] |
| 23072 | Systems are the worst despotism, in philosophy and in life [Cioran] |
| 13751 | If you tore the metaphysics out of philosophy, the whole enterprise would collapse [Schaffer,J] |
| 23075 | A text explained ceases to be a text [Cioran] |
| 7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 13743 | We should not multiply basic entities, but we can have as many derivative entities as we like [Schaffer,J] |
| 23066 | Negation doesn't arise from reasoning, but from deep instincts [Cioran] |
| 13741 | If 'there are red roses' implies 'there are roses', then 'there are prime numbers' implies 'there are numbers' [Schaffer,J] |
| 23077 | The word 'being' is very tempting, but in fact means nothing at all [Cioran] |
| 13748 | Grounding is unanalysable and primitive, and is the basic structuring concept in metaphysics [Schaffer,J] |
| 13747 | Supervenience is just modal correlation [Schaffer,J] |
| 13744 | The cosmos is the only fundamental entity, from which all else exists by abstraction [Schaffer,J] |
| 23068 | People who really believe anti-realism don't bother to prove it [Cioran] |
| 13739 | Maybe categories are just the different ways that things depend on basic substances [Schaffer,J] |
| 7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 13742 | There exist heaps with no integral unity, so we should accept arbitrary composites in the same way [Schaffer,J] |
| 13752 | The notion of 'grounding' can explain integrated wholes in a way that mere aggregates can't [Schaffer,J] |
| 13749 | Belief in impossible worlds may require dialetheism [Schaffer,J] |
| 23073 | Convictions are failures to study anything thoroughly [Cioran] |
| 23078 | Opinions are fine, but having convictions means something has gone wrong [Cioran] |
| 13740 | 'Moorean certainties' are more credible than any sceptical argument [Schaffer,J] |
| 7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 23076 | If people always acted without words we would take them for robots [Cioran] |
| 23065 | If only we could write like a reptile, of endless sensations and no concepts! [Cioran] |
| 7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 23071 | We could only be responsible if we had consented before birth to who we are [Cioran] |
| 23070 | We morally dissolve if we spend time with excessive beauty [Cioran] |
| 7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 23074 | In anxiety people cling to what reinforces it, because it is a deep need [Cioran] |
| 23069 | Fear cures boredom, because it is stronger [Cioran] |
| 23062 | It is better to watch the hours pass, than trying to fill them [Cioran] |
| 7988 | There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 23067 | Suicide is pointless, because it always comes too late [Cioran] |
| 7992 | The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7994 | Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 7997 | Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
| 23063 | The first man obviously found paradise unendurable [Cioran] |
| 7998 | The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)] |