12 ideas
| 7823 | Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling] |
| 16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
| 10356 | Relativism can be seen as about the rationality of different cultural traditions [MacIntyre, by Kusch] |
| 16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
| 7809 | In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling] |
| 23080 | Liberals debate how conservative or radical to be, but don't question their basics [MacIntyre] |
| 7824 | If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling] |
| 16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
| 16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
| 7819 | Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling] |
| 7817 | To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling] |
| 7818 | In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling] |