10 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
7920 | Descriptive metaphysics aims at actual structure, revisionary metaphysics at a better structure [Strawson,P] |
7922 | Descriptive metaphysics concerns unchanging core concepts and categories [Strawson,P] |
7921 | Close examination of actual word usage is the only sure way in philosophy [Strawson,P] |
9282 | I can only apply consciousness predicates to myself if I can apply them to others [Strawson,P] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
9263 | A person is an entity to which we can ascribe predicates of consciousness and corporeality [Strawson,P] |
1757 | The Electra: she knows this man, but not that he is her brother [Eucleides, by Diog. Laertius] |
9281 | The idea of a predicate matches a range of things to which it can be applied [Strawson,P] |
3028 | The chief good is unity, sometimes seen as prudence, or God, or intellect [Eucleides] |