20 ideas
19433 | The universe is infinitely varied, so the Buridan's Ass dilemma could never happen [Leibniz] |
192 | Only one thing can be contrary to something [Plato] |
190 | If asked whether justice itself is just or unjust, you would have to say that it is just [Plato] |
19434 | There may be a world where dogs smell their game at a thousand leagues [Leibniz] |
20184 | The only real evil is loss of knowledge [Plato] |
20185 | The most important things in life are wisdom and knowledge [Plato] |
13195 | To explain a house we must describe its use, as well as its parts [Leibniz] |
191 | Everything resembles everything else up to a point [Plato] |
13193 | Active force is not just potential for action, since it involves a real effort or striving [Leibniz] |
203 | Courage is knowing what should or shouldn't be feared [Plato] |
202 | No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil [Plato] |
193 | Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men [Plato] |
200 | People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato] |
197 | Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [Plato] |
188 | Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught [Plato] |
204 | Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge [Plato] |
189 | If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught [Plato] |
13194 | God's laws would be meaningless without internal powers for following them [Leibniz] |
13196 | All qualities of bodies reduce to forces [Leibniz] |
13192 | Power is passive force, which is mass, and active force, which is entelechy or form [Leibniz] |