28 ideas
8093 | Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier [Joubert] |
8095 | We must think with our entire body and soul [Joubert] |
17641 | Discoveries in mathematics can challenge philosophy, and offer it a new foundation [Russell] |
8107 | The love of certainty holds us back in metaphysics [Joubert] |
17638 | If one proposition is deduced from another, they are more certain together than alone [Russell] |
8099 | The truths of reason instruct, but they do not illuminate [Joubert] |
17632 | Non-contradiction was learned from instances, and then found to be indubitable [Russell] |
8098 | Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has [Joubert] |
17640 | Finding the axioms may be the only route to some new results [Russell] |
17629 | Which premises are ultimate varies with context [Russell] |
17630 | The sources of a proof are the reasons why we believe its conclusion [Russell] |
17627 | It seems absurd to prove 2+2=4, where the conclusion is more certain than premises [Russell] |
17628 | Arithmetic was probably inferred from relationships between physical objects [Russell] |
17637 | The most obvious beliefs are not infallible, as other obvious beliefs may conflict [Russell] |
8101 | To know is to see inside oneself [Joubert] |
17639 | Believing a whole science is more than believing each of its propositions [Russell] |
17631 | Induction is inferring premises from consequences [Russell] |
8094 | The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye [Joubert] |
8103 | A thought is as real as a cannon ball [Joubert] |
8100 | Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from? [Joubert] |
19216 | Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson] |
8096 | He gives his body up to pleasure, but not his soul [Joubert] |
8104 | What will you think of pleasures when you no longer enjoy them? [Joubert] |
8097 | Virtue is hard if we are scorned; we need support [Joubert] |
8106 | In raising a child we must think of his old age [Joubert] |
17633 | The law of gravity has many consequences beyond its grounding observations [Russell] |
8105 | We can't exactly conceive virtue without the idea of God [Joubert] |
8102 | We cannot speak against Christianity without anger, or speak for it without love [Joubert] |