12 ideas
19336 | Wisdom involves the desire to achieve perfection [Leibniz] |
21916 | Philosophers can't be religious, and don't need to be; philosophy is perilous but free [Schopenhauer] |
7696 | Leibniz first asked 'why is there something rather than nothing?' [Leibniz, by Jacquette] |
19341 | There must be a straining towards existence in the essence of all possible things [Leibniz] |
19428 | Because something does exist, there must be a drive in possible things towards existence [Leibniz] |
5047 | The world is physically necessary, as its contrary would imply imperfection or moral absurdity [Leibniz] |
21924 | As the subject of willing I am wretched, but absorption in knowledge is bliss [Schopenhauer] |
19343 | We follow the practical rule which always seeks maximum effect for minimum cost [Leibniz] |
21915 | To deduce morality from reason is blasphemy, because it is holy, and far above reason [Schopenhauer] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
19429 | The principle of determination in things obtains the greatest effect with the least effort [Leibniz] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |