13 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
3296 | Sense-data are a false objectification of what is essentially subjective [Nagel] |
3295 | Inner v outer brings astonishment that we are a particular person [Nagel] |
3293 | If you assert that we have an ego, you can still ask if that future ego will be me [Nagel] |
3292 | The most difficult problem of free will is saying what the problem is [Nagel] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
3294 | As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view [Nagel] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |