16 ideas
22087 | Philosophy fails to articulate the continual becoming of existence [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
22664 | I do not care if my trivial beliefs are false, and I have no interest in many truths [Nozick] |
5651 | Traditional views of truth are tautologies, and truth is empty without a subject [Kierkegaard, by Scruton] |
22665 | Maybe James was depicting the value of truth, and not its nature [Nozick] |
18431 | Internal relations combine some tropes into a nucleus, which bears the non-essential tropes [Simons, by Edwards] |
22663 | Rationality is normally said to concern either giving reasons, or reliability [Nozick] |
22662 | In the instrumental view of rationality it only concerns means, and not ends [Nozick] |
22666 | Is it rational to believe a truth which leads to permanent misery? [Nozick] |
22667 | Rationality needs some self-consciousness, to also evaluate how we acquired our reasons [Nozick] |
22090 | For me time stands still, and I with it [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
9305 | The plebeians bore others; only the nobility bore themselves [Kierkegaard] |
5650 | Reason is just abstractions, so our essence needs a subjective 'leap of faith' [Kierkegaard, by Scruton] |
22095 | There are aesthetic, ethical and religious subjectivity [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
20747 | What matters is not right choice, but energy, earnestness and pathos in the choosing [Kierkegaard] |
22091 | Kierkegaard prioritises the inward individual, rather than community [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
22088 | Faith is like a dancer's leap, going up to God, but also back to earth [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |