20 ideas
19441 | All philosophies presuppose their historical moment, and arise from it [Feuerbach] |
19442 | I don't study Plato for his own sake; the primary aim is always understanding [Feuerbach] |
23657 | The existence of tensed verbs shows that not all truths are necessary truths [Reid] |
19444 | Each proposition has an antithesis, and truth exists as its refutation [Feuerbach] |
19445 | A dialectician has to be his own opponent [Feuerbach] |
23655 | An ad hominem argument is good, if it is shown that the man's principles are inconsistent [Reid] |
19443 | Truth forges an impersonal unity between people [Feuerbach] |
19446 | To our consciousness it is language which looks unreal [Feuerbach] |
23659 | If someone denies that he is thinking when he is conscious of it, we can only laugh [Reid] |
23662 | The existence of ideas is no more obvious than the existence of external objects [Reid] |
19447 | The Absolute is the 'and' which unites 'spirit and nature' [Feuerbach] |
23661 | We are only aware of other beings through our senses; without that, we are alone in the universe [Reid] |
23654 | In obscure matters the few must lead the many, but the many usually lead in common sense [Reid] |
23660 | The theory of ideas, popular with philosophers, means past existence has to be proved [Reid] |
7458 | The reliability of witnesses depends on whether they benefit from their observations [Laplace, by Hacking] |
23658 | Consciousness is an indefinable and unique operation [Reid] |
3441 | If a supreme intellect knew all atoms and movements, it could know all of the past and the future [Laplace] |
23656 | The structure of languages reveals a uniformity in basic human opinions [Reid] |
23653 | If you can't distinguish the features of a complex object, your notion of it would be a muddle [Reid] |
23663 | There are axioms of taste - such as a general consensus about a beautiful face [Reid] |