10 ideas
| 22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
| 21677 | How can the not-true fail to be false, or the not-false fail to be true? [Cicero] |
| 19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
| 21667 | Oratory and philosophy are closely allied; orators borrow from philosophy, and ornament it [Cicero] |
| 12163 | Literary meaning emerges in comparisons, and tradition shows which comparisons are relevant [Scruton] |
| 12162 | In literature, word replacement changes literary meaning [Scruton] |
| 12159 | Without intentions we can't perceive sculpture, but that is not the whole story [Scruton] |
| 12160 | In aesthetic interest, even what is true is treated as though it were not [Scruton] |
| 12161 | We can be objective about conventions, but love of art is needed to understand its traditions [Scruton] |
| 21678 | If desire is not in our power then neither are choices, so we should not be praised or punished [Cicero] |