7 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] |
5035 | The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
18284 | Particulars can be verified or falsified, but general statements can only be falsified (conclusively) [Popper] |
5038 | Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz] |
6031 | The essence of propriety is consistency [Cicero] |
5037 | God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz] |