11 ideas
17807 | To study formal systems, look at the whole thing, and not just how it is constructed in steps [Curry] |
17806 | It is untenable that mathematics is general physical truths, because it needs infinity [Curry] |
17808 | Saying mathematics is logic is merely replacing one undefined term by another [Curry] |
12270 | Being is one [Melissus, by Aristotle] |
6012 | We must choose in which of the virtues we wish to excel [Panaetius] |
6013 | Panaetius said we should live according to our natural starting-points [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
6014 | Panaetius identified courage with great-mindedness, preferring civic courage to military [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
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] |
5888 | Souls are born, since they are sensitive and inherited, so they must perish [Panaetius, by Cicero] |