10 ideas
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
22518 | The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
16566 | Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |