9 ideas
21962 | Metaphysics is the roots of the tree of science [Descartes] |
20768 | Like spiderswebs, dialectical arguments are clever but useless [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius] |
3659 | I know the truth that God exists and is the author of truth [Descartes] |
9465 | Substitutional universal quantification retains truth for substitution of terms of the same type [Jacquette] |
9466 | Nominalists like substitutional quantification to avoid the metaphysics of objects [Jacquette] |
3657 | Understanding, not the senses, gives certainty [Descartes] |
3049 | The chief good is indifference to what lies midway between virtue and vice [Ariston, by Diog. Laertius] |
3549 | Ariston says rules are useless for the virtuous and the non-virtuous [Ariston, by Annas] |
3660 | Atheism arises from empiricism, because God is intangible [Descartes] |