10 ideas
23881 | All thought about values is philosophical, and thought about anything else is not philosophy [Weil] |
23885 | Philosophy aims to change the soul, not to accumulate knowledge [Weil] |
23886 | Systems are not unique to each philosopher. The platonist tradition is old and continuous [Weil] |
16676 | Why use more things when fewer will do? [William of Ockham] |
23884 | Truth is a value of thought [Weil] |
23882 | Ends, unlike means, cannot be defined, which is why people tend to pursue means [Weil] |
23883 | Minds essentially and always strive towards value [Weil] |
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] |