12 ideas
7914 | To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld] |
21943 | Since Kant, self-criticism has been part of philosophy [Gutting] |
21944 | Structuralism describes human phenomena in terms of unconscious structures [Gutting] |
6027 | From the fact that some men die, we cannot infer that they all do [Philodemus] |
7118 | La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre] |
7912 | Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld] |
7915 | Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld] |
7917 | Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld] |
7913 | Virtue doesn't go far without the support of vanity [Rochefoucauld] |
22241 | Don't fear god or worry about death; the good is easily got and the terrible easily cured [Philodemus] |
7916 | True friendship is even rarer than true love [Rochefoucauld] |
9299 | We are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring [Rochefoucauld] |