15 ideas
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
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] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
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] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |
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] |