11 ideas
7557 | To solve Zeno's paradox, reject the axiom that the whole has more terms than the parts [Russell] |
10059 | In mathematic we are ignorant of both subject-matter and truth [Russell] |
7556 | A collection is infinite if you can remove some terms without diminishing its number [Russell] |
12270 | Being is one [Melissus, by Aristotle] |
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
7554 | Self-evidence is often a mere will-o'-the-wisp [Russell] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |
3059 | There is no real motion, only the appearance of it [Melissus, by Diog. Laertius] |
5100 | The void is not required for change, because a plenum can alter in quality [Aristotle on Melissus] |
456 | Nothing could come out of nothing [Melissus] |