8 ideas
22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
19216 | Propositions (such as 'that dog is barking') only exist if their items exist [Williamson] |
9261 | The 'Ethics' is disappointing, because it fails to try to justify our duties [Prichard] |
9262 | The mistake is to think we can prove what can only be seen directly in moral thinking [Prichard] |
9260 | Virtues won't generate an obligation, so it isn't a basis for morality [Prichard] |
9259 | We feel obligations to overcome our own failings, and these are not relations to other people [Prichard] |
9258 | If pain were instrinsically wrong, it would be immoral to inflict it on ourselves [Prichard] |
20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |