13 ideas
8766 | In much wisdom is much grief [Anon (Ecc)] |
8767 | Sorrow is better than laughter [Anon (Ecc)] |
7494 | Laughter is mad; of mirth, what doeth it? [Anon (Ecc)] |
15959 | If the substantial form of brass implies its stability, how can it melt and remain brass? [Alexander,P] |
15956 | The peripatetics treated forms and real qualities as independent of matter, and non-material [Alexander,P] |
15975 | Can the qualities of a body be split into two groups, where the smaller explains the larger? [Alexander,P] |
5845 | Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon] |
8765 | All is vanity, saith the Preacher [Anon (Ecc)] |
5833 | Education is the greatest of human goods [Xenophon] |
8768 | Books are endless, and study is wearisome [Anon (Ecc)] |
15963 | Science has been partly motivated by the belief that the universe is run by God's laws [Alexander,P] |
15951 | Alchemists tried to separate out essences, which influenced later chemistry [Alexander,P] |
15981 | Absolute space either provides locations, or exists but lacks 'marks' for locations [Alexander,P] |