9 ideas
22115 | Wise people should contemplate and discuss the truth, and fight against falsehood [Aquinas] |
20700 | Without God's influence every operation would stop, so God causes everything [Aquinas] |
1554 | Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind] |
7861 | Libet says the processes initiated in the cortex can still be consciously changed [Libet, by Papineau] |
6660 | Libet found conscious choice 0.2 secs before movement, well after unconscious 'readiness potential' [Libet, by Lowe] |
15202 | Eternity coexists with passing time, as the centre of a circle coexists with its circumference [Aquinas] |
1555 | People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus] |
1543 | He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus] |
535 | The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus] |