12 ideas
7823 | Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling] |
9086 | The idea of abstract objects is not ontological; it comes from the epistemological idea of abstraction [Plantinga] |
9087 | Theists may see abstract objects as really divine thoughts [Plantinga] |
9085 | If propositions are concrete they don't have to exist, and so they can't be necessary truths [Plantinga] |
9084 | Propositions can't just be in brains, because 'there are no human beings' might be true [Plantinga] |
7809 | In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
7824 | If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
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] |