11 ideas
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
1477 | Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch] |
23395 | Mohists desire wealth, population and social order as the best consequences [Mozi, by Norden] |
1478 | Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch] |
23394 | If people regarded other states as they did their own, they would never attack them [Mozi] |
23396 | Mozi condemns partiality, which is the cause of all the great harms in the world [Mozi] |
23397 | Those who are against impartiality still prefer impartial protectors [Mozi] |
1479 | Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch] |