11 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
22070 | Irony is consciousness of abundant chaos [Schlegel,F] |
22069 | Plato has no system. Philosophy is the progression of a mind and development of thoughts [Schlegel,F] |
22068 | Poetry is transcendental when it connects the ideal to the real [Schlegel,F] |
7906 | When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha] |
22030 | For poets free choice is supreme [Schlegel,F] |
22071 | True love is ironic, in the contrast between finite limitations and the infinity of love [Schlegel,F] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
22029 | Irony is the response to conflicts of involvement and attachment [Schlegel,F, by Pinkard] |
7904 | The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha] |
7905 | The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha] |