39 ideas
| 23657 | The existence of tensed verbs shows that not all truths are necessary truths [Reid] |
| 23247 | The need to act produces consciousness, and practical reason is the root of all reason [Fichte] |
| 23232 | Sufficient reason makes the transition from the particular to the general [Fichte] |
| 23655 | An ad hominem argument is good, if it is shown that the man's principles are inconsistent [Reid] |
| 23227 | Each object has a precise number of properties, each to a precise degree [Fichte] |
| 23228 | The principle of activity and generation is found in a self-moving basic force [Fichte] |
| 23659 | If someone denies that he is thinking when he is conscious of it, we can only laugh [Reid] |
| 23662 | The existence of ideas is no more obvious than the existence of external objects [Reid] |
| 23241 | I am myself, but not the external object; so I only sense myself, and not the object [Fichte] |
| 21966 | Self-consciousness is the basis of knowledge, and knowing something is knowing myself [Fichte] |
| 21967 | There is nothing to say about anything which is outside my consciousness [Fichte] |
| 21969 | Awareness of reality comes from the free activity of consciousness [Fichte] |
| 23661 | We are only aware of other beings through our senses; without that, we are alone in the universe [Reid] |
| 23231 | I immediately know myself, and anything beyond that is an inference [Fichte] |
| 23654 | In obscure matters the few must lead the many, but the many usually lead in common sense [Reid] |
| 23246 | Faith is not knowledge; it is a decision of the will [Fichte] |
| 23660 | The theory of ideas, popular with philosophers, means past existence has to be proved [Reid] |
| 23245 | Knowledge can't be its own foundation; there has to be regress of higher and higher authorities [Fichte] |
| 23242 | Consciousness has two parts, passively receiving sensation, and actively causing productions [Fichte] |
| 23658 | Consciousness is an indefinable and unique operation [Reid] |
| 3488 | Freud treats the unconscious as intentional and hence mental [Freud, by Searle] |
| 23240 | We can't know by sight or hearing without realising that we are doing so [Fichte] |
| 23243 | Consciousness of external things is always accompanied by an unnoticed consciousness of self [Fichte] |
| 5689 | Freud and others have shown that we don't know our own beliefs, feelings, motive and attitudes [Freud, by Shoemaker] |
| 23244 | Forming purposes is absolutely free, and produces something from nothing [Fichte] |
| 23237 | The capacity for freedom is above the laws of nature, with its own power of purpose and will [Fichte] |
| 23235 | I want independent control of the fundamental cause of my decisions [Fichte] |
| 23230 | Nature contains a fundamental force of thought [Fichte] |
| 23950 | Freud said passions are pressures of some flowing hydraulic quantity [Freud, by Solomon] |
| 23656 | The structure of languages reveals a uniformity in basic human opinions [Reid] |
| 23653 | If you can't distinguish the features of a complex object, your notion of it would be a muddle [Reid] |
| 23233 | The will is awareness of one of our inner natural forces [Fichte] |
| 23663 | There are axioms of taste - such as a general consensus about a beautiful face [Reid] |
| 23234 | I cannot change the nature which has been determined for me [Fichte] |
| 22344 | Freud is pessimistic about human nature; it is ambivalent motive and fantasy, rather than reason [Freud, by Murdoch] |
| 23239 | The self is, apart from outward behaviour, a drive in your nature [Fichte] |
| 23238 | If life lacks love it becomes destruction [Fichte] |
| 23236 | Freedom means making yourself become true to your essential nature [Fichte] |
| 23229 | Nature is wholly interconnected, and the tiniest change affects everything [Fichte] |