9 ideas
5035 | The two basics of reasoning are contradiction and sufficient reason [Leibniz] |
5038 | Assume that mind and body follow their own laws, but God has harmonised them [Leibniz] |
23903 | When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil] |
23901 | Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
23904 | The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil] |
23902 | I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil] |
5037 | God doesn't decide that Adam will sin, but that sinful Adam's existence is to be preferred [Leibniz] |