15 ideas
16000 | Fixed ideas should be tackled aggressively [Kierkegaard] |
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
16012 | Philosophy can't be unbiased if it ignores language, as that is no more independent than individuals are [Kierkegaard] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
16003 | If people marry just because they are lonely, that is self-love, not love [Kierkegaard] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
21910 | Our destiny is the highest pitch of world-weariness [Kierkegaard] |
16001 | Life may be understood backwards, but it has to be lived forwards [Kierkegaard] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |
20696 | We can approach knowledge of God by negative attributes [Maimonides] |
19085 | Thinking of God as resembling humans results from a bad translation of Genesis 1:26 [Maimonides] |
16008 | The best way to be a Christian is without 'Christianity' [Kierkegaard] |
20735 | We need to see that Christianity cannot be understood [Kierkegaard] |