40 ideas
354 | Wisdom makes virtue and true goodness possible [Plato] |
23064 | So-called wisdom is just pondering things instead of acting [Cioran] |
370 | Philosophy is a purification of the soul ready for the afterlife [Plato] |
23072 | Systems are the worst despotism, in philosophy and in life [Cioran] |
23075 | A text explained ceases to be a text [Cioran] |
350 | In investigation the body leads us astray, but the soul gets a clear view of the facts [Plato] |
362 | The greatest misfortune for a person is to develop a dislike for argument [Plato] |
23066 | Negation doesn't arise from reasoning, but from deep instincts [Cioran] |
13155 | If you add one to one, which one becomes two, or do they both become two? [Plato] |
23077 | The word 'being' is very tempting, but in fact means nothing at all [Cioran] |
23068 | People who really believe anti-realism don't bother to prove it [Cioran] |
21347 | If Simmias is taller than Socrates, that isn't a feature that is just in Simmias [Plato] |
360 | We must have a prior knowledge of equality, if we see 'equal' things and realise they fall short of it [Plato] |
1 | There is only one source for all beauty [Plato] |
368 | Other things are named after the Forms because they participate in them [Plato] |
16516 | The ship which Theseus took to Crete is now sent to Delos crowned with flowers [Plato] |
23073 | Convictions are failures to study anything thoroughly [Cioran] |
23078 | Opinions are fine, but having convictions means something has gone wrong [Cioran] |
357 | People are obviously recollecting when they react to a geometrical diagram [Plato] |
359 | If we feel the inadequacy of a resemblance, we must recollect the original [Plato] |
9343 | To achieve pure knowledge, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things with the soul [Plato] |
15859 | To investigate the causes of things, study what is best for them [Plato] |
13154 | Do we think and experience with blood, air or fire, or could it be our brain? [Plato] |
364 | One soul can't be more or less of a soul than another [Plato] |
23076 | If people always acted without words we would take them for robots [Cioran] |
23065 | If only we could write like a reptile, of endless sensations and no concepts! [Cioran] |
23071 | We could only be responsible if we had consented before birth to who we are [Cioran] |
23070 | We morally dissolve if we spend time with excessive beauty [Cioran] |
361 | It is a mistake to think that the most violent pleasure or pain is therefore the truest reality [Plato] |
541 | Virtue comes more from habit than character [Critias] |
351 | War aims at the acquisition of wealth, because we are enslaved to the body [Plato] |
23074 | In anxiety people cling to what reinforces it, because it is a deep need [Cioran] |
23069 | Fear cures boredom, because it is stronger [Cioran] |
23062 | It is better to watch the hours pass, than trying to fill them [Cioran] |
23067 | Suicide is pointless, because it always comes too late [Cioran] |
13156 | Fancy being unable to distinguish a cause from its necessary background conditions! [Plato] |
369 | If the Earth is spherical and in the centre, it is kept in place by universal symmetry, not by force [Plato] |
542 | Fear of the gods was invented to discourage secret sin [Critias] |
363 | Whether the soul pre-exists our body depends on whether it contains the ultimate standard of reality [Plato] |
23063 | The first man obviously found paradise unendurable [Cioran] |