16 ideas
| 19336 | Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection [Leibniz] |
| 10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
| 6021 | It is only when we say a proposition that we speak truly or falsely [Sext.Empiricus] |
| 6020 | 'Man is a rational mortal animal' is equivalent to 'if something is a man, that thing is a rational mortal animal' [Sext.Empiricus] |
| 10529 | If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K] |
| 10530 | Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K] |
| 7696 | Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette] |
| 19341 | There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz] |
| 19428 | Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz] |
| 5047 | The world is physically necessary, as its contrary would imply imperfection or moral absurdity [Leibniz] |
| 6026 | How can you investigate without some preconception of your object? [Sext.Empiricus] |
| 10527 | An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K] |
| 19343 | We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz] |
| 6032 | Right actions, once done, are those with a reasonable justification [Sext.Empiricus] |
| 19429 | The principle of determination in things obtains the greatest effect with the least effort [Leibniz] |
| 1517 | The tektraktys (1+2+3+4=10) is the 'fount of ever-flowing nature' [Sext.Empiricus] |