7 ideas
22140 | The greatest philosophers are methodical; it is what makes them great [Grice] |
21699 | Russell offered a paraphrase of definite description, to avoid the commitment to objects [Quine] |
7906 | When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha] |
21700 | Taking sentences as the unit of meaning makes useful paraphrasing possible [Quine] |
21701 | Knowing a word is knowing the meanings of sentences which contain it [Quine] |
7904 | The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha] |
7905 | The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha] |