32 ideas
7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
22659 | It is wisdom to believe what you desire, because belief is needed to achieve it [James] |
22657 | All good philosophers start from a dumb conviction about which truths can be revealed [James] |
22647 | A complete system is just a classification of the whole world's ingredients [James] |
22648 | A single explanation must have a single point of view [James] |
7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
22644 | Our greatest pleasure is the economy of reducing chaotic facts to one single fact [James] |
22649 | Classification can only ever be for a particular purpose [James] |
7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
22655 | Scientific genius extracts more than other people from the same evidence [James] |
22658 | Experimenters assume the theory is true, and stick to it as long as result don't disappoint [James] |
22654 | We can't know if the laws of nature are stable, but we must postulate it or assume it [James] |
22656 | Trying to assess probabilities by mere calculation is absurd and impossible [James] |
22646 | We have a passion for knowing the parts of something, rather than the whole [James] |
22652 | The mind has evolved entirely for practical interests, seen in our reflex actions [James] |
22651 | Dogs' curiosity only concerns what will happen next [James] |
7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
22650 | How can the ground of rationality be itself rational? [James] |
22643 | It seems that we feel rational when we detect no irrationality [James] |
7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
22660 | Evolution suggests prevailing or survival as a new criterion of right and wrong [James] |
7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
23812 | Force is what turns man into a thing, and ultimately into a corpse [Weil] |
23813 | Only people who understand force, and don't respect it, are capable of justice [Weil] |
7988 | There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)] |
7992 | The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)] |
22645 | Understanding by means of causes is useless if they are not reduced to a minimum number [James] |
7994 | Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
22653 | Early Christianity says God recognises the neglected weak and tender impulses [James] |
7997 | Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
7998 | The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)] |