7 ideas
20947 | Thoughts are learnt through words, so language shows the limits and shape of our knowledge [Herder] |
594 | Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |
2632 | Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero] |
1513 | The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus] |