9 ideas
2945 | Most philosophers start with reality and then examine knowledge; Descartes put the study of knowledge first [Lehrer] |
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
2946 | You cannot demand an analysis of a concept without knowing the purpose of the analysis [Lehrer] |
7566 | The Identity of Indiscernibles is really the same as the verification principle [Jolley] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |