17 ideas
14519 | It is a great good to show reverence for a wise man [Epicurus] |
14518 | In the study of philosophy, pleasure and knowledge arrive simultaneously [Epicurus] |
10735 | Abstraction from objects won't reveal an operation's being performed 'so many times' [Geach] |
14524 | Bodies are combinations of shape, size, resistance and weight [Epicurus] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
10732 | If concepts are just recognitional, then general judgements would be impossible [Geach] |
14521 | If everything is by necessity, then even denials of necessity are by necessity [Epicurus] |
10731 | For abstractionists, concepts are capacities to recognise recurrent features of the world [Geach] |
10733 | The abstractionist cannot explain 'some' and 'not' [Geach] |
10734 | Only a judgement can distinguish 'striking' from 'being struck' [Geach] |
14522 | What happens to me if I obtain all my desires, and what if I fail? [Epicurus] |
3563 | Pleasure and virtue entail one another [Epicurus] |
3560 | Justice is merely a contract about not harming or being harmed [Epicurus] |
14517 | We value our own character, whatever it is, and we should respect the characters of others [Epicurus] |
14513 | Justice is a pledge of mutual protection [Epicurus] |
14515 | A law is not just if it is not useful in mutual associations [Epicurus] |
14520 | It is small-minded to find many good reasons for suicide [Epicurus] |