14 ideas
20921 | How can we state relativism of sweet and sour, if they have no determinate nature? [Theophrastus] |
7127 | If men are good you should keep promises, but they aren't, so you needn't [Machiavelli] |
7506 | God made man in his own image [Anon (Tor)] |
6309 | The principle foundations of all states are good laws and good armies [Machiavelli] |
6306 | People are vengeful, so be generous to them, or destroy them [Machiavelli] |
6305 | To retain a conquered state, wipe out the ruling family, and preserve everything else [Machiavelli] |
6308 | A sensible conqueror does all his harmful deeds immediately, because people soon forget [Machiavelli] |
6307 | A desire to conquer, and men who do it, are always praised, or not blamed [Machiavelli] |
7486 | Machiavelli emancipated politics from religion [Machiavelli, by Watson] |
19813 | All legislators invoke God in support of extraordinary laws, because their justification is not obvious [Machiavelli] |
7126 | Rulers should preserve the foundations of religion, to ensure good behaviour and unity [Machiavelli] |
5990 | Theophrastus doubted whether nature could be explained teleologically [Theophrastus, by Gottschalk] |
16782 | The names of all the types of creature were given forever by Adam [Anon (Tor)] |
4013 | And God saw the light, that it was good [Anon (Tor)] |