16 ideas
19336 | Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection [Leibniz] |
7426 | Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level [Foucault] |
7423 | Philosophy and politics are fundamentally linked [Foucault] |
7420 | When logos controls our desires, we have actually become the logos [Foucault] |
7696 | Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette] |
19341 | There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz] |
19428 | Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz] |
6019 | If someone squashed a horse to make a dog, something new would now exist [Mnesarchus] |
5047 | The world is physically necessary, as its contrary would imply imperfection or moral absurdity [Leibniz] |
7424 | Saying games of truth were merely power relations would be a horrible exaggeration [Foucault] |
7422 | A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations [Foucault] |
19343 | We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz] |
7419 | Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom [Foucault] |
7425 | The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination [Foucault] |
7418 | The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed [Foucault] |
19429 | The principle of determination in things obtains the greatest effect with the least effort [Leibniz] |