12 ideas
1597 | Thales was the first western thinker to believe the arché was intelligible [Roochnik on Thales] |
15970 | People generalise because it is easier to understand, and that is mistaken for deep philosophy [Feynman] |
3013 | Nothing is stronger than necessity, which rules everything [Thales, by Diog. Laertius] |
5517 | Individuals don't exist, but are conventional names for sets of elements [Buddha] |
1494 | Thales said water is the first principle, perhaps from observing that food is moist [Thales, by Aristotle] |
9410 | Physical Laws are rhythms and patterns in nature, revealed by analysis [Feynman] |
1713 | Thales must have thought soul causes movement, since he thought magnets have soul [Thales, by Aristotle] |
18530 | Nobody understands quantum mechanics [Feynman] |
17707 | We should regard space as made up of many tiny pieces [Feynman, by Mares] |
1742 | Thales said the gods know our wrong thoughts as well as our evil actions [Thales, by Diog. Laertius] |
7600 | The Buddha believed the gods would eventually disappear, and Nirvana was much higher [Buddha, by Armstrong,K] |
7601 | Life is suffering, from which only compassion, gentleness, truth and sobriety can save us [Buddha] |