7 ideas
22518 | The actual must be possible, because it occurred [Aristotle] |
1554 | Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind] |
19045 | Translation is too flimsy a notion to support theories of cultural incommensurability [Quine] |
16566 | Poetry is more philosophic than history, as it concerns universals, not particulars [Aristotle] |
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] |