19 ideas
21405 | Cicero sees wisdom in terms of knowledge, but earlier Stoics saw it as moral [Cicero, by Long] |
20871 | Unfortunately we choose a way of life before we are old enough to think clearly [Cicero] |
17824 | The master science is physical objects divided into sets [Maddy] |
17825 | Set theory (unlike the Peano postulates) can explain why multiplication is commutative [Maddy] |
17826 | Standardly, numbers are said to be sets, which is neat ontology and epistemology [Maddy] |
17828 | Numbers are properties of sets, just as lengths are properties of physical objects [Maddy] |
17827 | Sets exist where their elements are, but numbers are more like universals [Maddy] |
17830 | Number theory doesn't 'reduce' to set theory, because sets have number properties [Maddy] |
17823 | If mathematical objects exist, how can we know them, and which objects are they? [Maddy] |
17829 | Number words are unusual as adjectives; we don't say 'is five', and numbers always come first [Maddy] |
8228 | Being is revealed at the point between waking and sleep [Anon (Cent)] |
8232 | Neglect your self, and feel the consciousness of each other being [Anon (Cent)] |
8230 | Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop [Anon (Cent)] |
6031 | The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero] |
8234 | Bondage and liberation are relative terms, which only frighten those already terrified of the universe [Anon (Cent)] |
8227 | Feel your whole body saturated with cosmic essence [Anon (Cent)] |
8231 | Abandon attachment to body, and feel the joy of being everywhere [Anon (Cent)] |
8229 | The serenity in blue sky beyond clouds [Anon (Cent)] |
8233 | Imagine fire burning up your whole body, but not you [Anon (Cent)] |