8 ideas
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
23304 | The ancient Memorists said virtually all types of thinking could be done simply by memory [Sorabji] |
23303 | Stoics say true memory needs reflection and assent, but animals only have perceptual recognition [Sorabji] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |