13 ideas
16674 | The quantity is just the matter, in that it has extended parts and is diffuse [Charleton] |
21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
7544 | Many people imagine that to experience is to understand [Goethe] |
7541 | Man never understands how anthropomorphic he is [Goethe] |
21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
7543 | We gain self-knowledge through action, not thought - especially when doing our duty [Goethe] |
21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
7540 | Beauty is a manifestation of secret natural laws [Goethe] |
7538 | The happiest people link the beginning and end of life [Goethe] |
7542 | The best form of government teaches us to govern ourselves [Goethe] |
7539 | To get duties from people without rights, you must pay them well [Goethe] |