10 ideas
| 16676 | Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham] |
| 20725 | The idea of duty in one's calling haunts us, like a lost religion [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] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 16675 | Every extended material substance is composed of parts distant from one another [William of Ockham] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |
| 20719 | Punish the heretic, but be indulgent to the sinner [Weber] |