8 ideas
6851 | We overvalue whether arguments are valid, and undervalue whether they are interesting [Monk] |
22764 | Ordinary speech is not exact about what is true; we say we are digging a well before the well exists [Sext.Empiricus] |
9413 | An event is a change in or to an object [Lombard, by Mumford] |
22762 | Some properties are inseparable from a thing, such as the length, breadth and depth of a body [Sext.Empiricus] |
22759 | Fools, infants and madmen may speak truly, but do not know [Sext.Empiricus] |
22760 | Madmen are reliable reporters of what appears to them [Sext.Empiricus] |
22763 | We can only dream of a winged man if we have experienced men and some winged thing [Sext.Empiricus] |
6850 | Wittgenstein pared his life down in his search for decency [Monk] |