46 ideas
23064 | So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting [Cioran] |
23072 | Systems are the worst despotism, in philosophy and in life [Cioran] |
23075 | A text explained ceases to be a text [Cioran] |
23755 | Genius and love of truth are always accompanied by great humility [Weil] |
8195 | Undecidable statements result from quantifying over infinites, subjunctive conditionals, and the past tense [Dummett] |
23066 | Negation doesn't arise from reasoning, but from deep instincts [Cioran] |
8194 | Surely there is no exact single grain that brings a heap into existence [Dummett] |
8190 | Intuitionists rely on the proof of mathematical statements, not their truth [Dummett] |
23077 | The word 'being' is very tempting, but in fact means nothing at all [Cioran] |
8198 | A 'Cambridge Change' is like saying 'the landscape changes as you travel east' [Dummett] |
23068 | People who really believe anti-realism don't bother to prove it [Cioran] |
8192 | I no longer think what a statement about the past says is just what can justify it [Dummett] |
23073 | Convictions are failures to study anything thoroughly [Cioran] |
23078 | Opinions are fine, but having convictions means something has gone wrong [Cioran] |
8199 | The existence of a universe without sentience or intelligence is an unintelligible fantasy [Dummett] |
23747 | What is sacred is not a person, but the whole physical human being [Weil] |
23076 | If people always acted without words we would take them for robots [Cioran] |
23756 | The mind is imprisoned and limited by language, restricting our awareness of wider thoughts [Weil] |
23065 | If only we could write like a reptile, of endless sensations and no concepts! [Cioran] |
8193 | Verification is not an individual but a collective activity [Dummett] |
8189 | Truth-condition theorists must argue use can only be described by appeal to conditions of truth [Dummett] |
8191 | The truth-conditions theory must get agreement on a conception of truth [Dummett] |
23071 | We could only be responsible if we had consented before birth to who we are [Cioran] |
23070 | We morally dissolve if we spend time with excessive beauty [Cioran] |
23758 | Beauty is an attractive mystery, leaving nothing to be desired [Weil] |
23760 | All we need are the unity of justice, truth and beauty [Weil] |
23748 | The sacred in every human is their expectation of good rather than evil [Weil] |
23759 | Everything which originates in love is beautiful [Weil] |
23762 | Evil is transmitted by comforts and pleasures, but mostly by doing harm to people [Weil] |
23074 | In anxiety people cling to what reinforces it, because it is a deep need [Cioran] |
23062 | It is better to watch the hours pass, than trying to fill them [Cioran] |
23069 | Fear cures boredom, because it is stronger [Cioran] |
23750 | It is not more money which the wretched members of society need [Weil] |
23749 | The problem of the collective is not suppression of persons, but persons erasing themselves [Weil] |
23753 | People absurdly claim an equal share of things which are essentially privileged [Weil] |
23751 | Rights are asserted contentiously, and need the backing of force [Weil] |
23752 | Giving centrality to rights stifles all impulses of charity [Weil] |
23757 | The spirit of justice needs the full attention of truth, and that attention is love [Weil] |
23761 | Justice (concerning harm) is distinct from rights (concerning inequality) [Weil] |
23764 | The only thing in society worse than crime is repressive justice [Weil] |
23763 | Punishment aims at the good for men who don't desire it [Weil] |
23067 | Suicide is pointless, because it always comes too late [Cioran] |
8197 | Maybe past (which affects us) and future (which we can affect) are both real [Dummett] |
8196 | The present cannot exist alone as a mere boundary; past and future truths are rendered meaningless [Dummett] |
23754 | The only choice is between supernatural good, or evil [Weil] |
23063 | The first man obviously found paradise unendurable [Cioran] |