16 ideas
23825 | We seek truth only because it is good [Weil] |
13412 | Obtaining numbers by abstraction is impossible - there are too many; only a rule could give them, in order [Benacerraf] |
13413 | We must explain how we know so many numbers, and recognise ones we haven't met before [Benacerraf] |
13411 | If numbers are basically the cardinals (Frege-Russell view) you could know some numbers in isolation [Benacerraf] |
13415 | An adequate account of a number must relate it to its series [Benacerraf] |
23826 | Beauty, goodness and truth are only achieved by applying full attention [Weil] |
23833 | The good is a nothingness, and yet real [Weil] |
23808 | There are two goods - the absolute good we want, and the reachable opposite of evil [Weil] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
23831 | The essence of power is illusory prestige [Weil] |
23830 | A group is only dangerous if it endorses an abstract entity [Weil] |
23809 | Our only social duty is to try to limit evil [Weil] |
23807 | The collective is the one and only object of false idolatry [Weil] |
23810 | Charity is the only love, and you can feel that for a country (a place with traditions), but not a nation [Weil] |
23811 | If effort is from necessity rather than for a good, it is slavery [Weil] |
23765 | The soul is the intrinsic value of a human [Weil] |