15 ideas
6259 | Why can't a wise man doubt everything? [Montaigne] |
6263 | No wisdom could make us comfortably walk a wide beam if it was high in the air [Montaigne] |
12268 | Contradiction is impossible [Antisthenes (I), by Aristotle] |
11257 | The Pythagoreans were the first to offer definitions [Politis, by Politis] |
602 | Some fools think you cannot define anything, but only say what it is like [Antisthenes (I), by Aristotle] |
6258 | Virtue is the distinctive mark of truth, and its greatest product [Montaigne] |
11235 | 'True of' is applicable to things, while 'true' is applicable to words [Politis] |
11277 | Maybe 'What is being? is confusing because we can't ask what non-being is like [Politis] |
6262 | We lack some sense or other, and hence objects may have hidden features [Montaigne] |
11248 | Necessary truths can be two-way relational, where essential truths are one-way or intrinsic [Politis] |
6260 | Sceptics say there is truth, but no means of making or testing lasting judgements [Montaigne] |
6261 | The soul is in the brain, as shown by head injuries [Montaigne] |
1664 | I would rather go mad than experience pleasure [Antisthenes (I)] |
21385 | Antisthenes said virtue is teachable and permanent, is life's goal, and is like universal wealth [Antisthenes (I), by Long] |
2631 | Antisthenes says there is only one god, which is nature [Antisthenes (I), by Cicero] |