11 ideas
5300 | Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx] |
22764 | Ordinary speech is not exact about what is true; we say we are digging a well before the well exists [Sext.Empiricus] |
5297 | Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory [Marx] |
22762 | Some properties are inseparable from a thing, such as the length, breadth and depth of a body [Sext.Empiricus] |
22759 | Fools, infants and madmen may speak truly, but do not know [Sext.Empiricus] |
22760 | Madmen are reliable reporters of what appears to them [Sext.Empiricus] |
22598 | The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual [Marx, by Dunt] |
22763 | We can only dream of a winged man if we have experienced men and some winged thing [Sext.Empiricus] |
6649 | Chomsky now says concepts are basically innate, as well as syntax [Chomsky, by Lowe] |
5298 | The human essence is not found in individuals but in social relations [Marx] |
5299 | Religious feeling is social in origin [Marx] |