9 ideas
| 12170 | Amusement rests on superiority, or relief, or incongruity [Scruton] |
| 12173 | The central object of amusement is the human [Scruton] |
| 12169 | Since only men laugh, it seems to be an attribute of reason [Scruton] |
| 12172 | Objects of amusement do not have to be real [Scruton] |
| 22363 | You have only begun to do real science when you can express it in numbers [Kelvin] |
| 12174 | Only rational beings are attentive without motive or concern [Scruton] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 20644 | Energy has progressed from a mere formula, to a principle pervading all nature [Kelvin] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |