8 ideas
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
12170 | Amusement rests on superiority, or relief, or incongruity [Scruton] |
12173 | The central object of amusement is the human [Scruton] |
12169 | Since only men laugh, it seems to be an attribute of reason [Scruton] |
12172 | Objects of amusement do not have to be real [Scruton] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
12174 | Only rational beings are attentive without motive or concern [Scruton] |
7811 | Sophoclean heroes die terrible deaths when they oppose the new Athenian values [Sophocles, by Grayling] |