10 ideas
7662 | Romanticism is the greatest change in the consciousness of the West [Berlin] |
15663 | Adorno and Horkheimer subjected the Enlightenment to 'critical theory' analysis [Adorno/Horkheimer, by Finlayson] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
7665 | Most Enlightenment thinkers believed that virtue consists ultimately in knowledge [Berlin] |
20572 | De Sade said it was impossible to rationally argue against murder [Adorno/Horkheimer] |
7676 | If we are essentially free wills, authenticity and sincerity are the highest virtues [Berlin] |
7664 | The Greeks have no notion of obligation or duty [Berlin] |
7677 | Central to existentialism is the romantic idea that there is nothing to lean on [Berlin] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |
7663 | Judaism and Christianity views are based on paternal, family and tribal relations [Berlin] |