5 ideas
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
13191 | The properties of a thing flow from its essence [Leibniz] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |