10 ideas
21560 | Any linguistic expression may lack meaning when taken out of context [Russell] |
21561 | 'The number one is bald' or 'the number one is fond of cream cheese' are meaningless [Russell] |
18130 | Axiom of Reducibility: there is always a function of the lowest possible order in a given level [Russell, by Bostock] |
21562 | There is no complexity without relations, so no propositions, and no truth [Russell] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
17402 | Mendeleev saw three principles in nature: matter, force and spirit (where the latter seems to be essence) [Mendeleev, by Scerri] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
17399 | Elements don't survive in compounds, but the 'substance' of the element does [Mendeleev] |
17400 | Mendeleev focused on abstract elements, not simple substances, so he got to their essence [Mendeleev, by Scerri] |
17401 | Mendeleev had a view of elements which allowed him to overlook some conflicting observations [Mendeleev] |