4 ideas
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
8638 | Thomae's idea of abstract from peculiarities gives a general concept, and leaves the peculiarities [Frege on Thomae] |
5845 | Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |