14 ideas
| 22366 | There is no objectivity in social sciences - only viewpoints for selecting and organising data [Weber] |
| 22367 | The results of social research can be true, and not just subjectively valid for one person [Weber] |
| 7082 | Nature requires causal explanations, but society requires clarification by reasons and motives [Weber, by Critchley] |
| 16861 | A false theory could hardly rival the explanatory power of natural selection [Darwin] |
| 22155 | We are disenchanted because we rely on science, which ignores values [Weber, by Boulter] |
| 5845 | Niceratus learnt the whole of Homer by heart, as a guide to goodness [Xenophon] |
| 20725 | The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [Weber] |
| 21132 | Domination is probable obedience by some group of persons [Weber] |
| 20722 | Acquisition and low consumption lead to saving, investment, and increased wealth [Weber] |
| 20724 | When asceticism emerged from the monasteries, it helped to drive the modern economy [Weber] |
| 20717 | Capitalism is not unlimited greed, and may even be opposed to greed [Weber] |
| 20718 | Modern western capitalism has free labour, business separate from household, and book-keeping [Weber] |
| 5833 | Education is the greatest of human goods [Xenophon] |
| 20719 | Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber] |