10 ideas
| 3269 | If your life is to be meaningful as part of some large thing, the large thing must be meaningful [Nagel] |
| 12302 | Definitions formed an abstract hierarchy for Aristotle, as sets do for us [Fine,K] |
| 14266 | Aristotle sees hierarchies in definitions using genus and differentia (as we see them in sets) [Fine,K] |
| 14268 | Maybe bottom-up grounding shows constitution, and top-down grounding shows essence [Fine,K] |
| 14267 | There is no distinctive idea of constitution, because you can't say constitution begins and ends [Fine,K] |
| 14264 | Is there a plausible Aristotelian notion of constitution, applicable to both physical and non-physical? [Fine,K] |
| 3270 | Justifications come to an end when we want them to [Nagel] |
| 6570 | Imagine millions made happy on condition that one person suffers endless lonely torture [James] |
| 3268 | If a small brief life is absurd, then so is a long and large one [Nagel] |
| 14265 | The components of abstract definitions could play the same role as matter for physical objects [Fine,K] |