5 ideas
8460 | Philosophers have given precise senses to deduction, probability, computability etc [Quine/Ullian] |
13007 | Archimedes defined a straight line as the shortest distance between two points [Archimedes, by Leibniz] |
21386 | We should accept as explanations all the plausible ways in which something could come about [Epicurus] |
14051 | A cosmos is a collection of stars and an earth, with some sort of boundary, movement and shape [Epicurus] |
1828 | God does not intervene in heavenly movements, but is beyond all action and perfectly happy [Epicurus] |