11 ideas
21750 | Science is sympathetic to truth as correspondence, since it depends on observation [Quine] |
5044 | Reality must be made of basic unities, which will be animated, substantial points [Leibniz] |
21748 | More careful inductions gradually lead to the hypothetico-deductive method [Quine] |
5045 | No machine or mere organised matter could have a unified self [Leibniz] |
7906 | When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha] |
5046 | The soul does know bodies, although they do not influence one another [Leibniz] |
21749 | Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine] |
21751 | Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine] |
5043 | To regard animals as mere machines may be possible, but seems improbable [Leibniz] |
7905 | The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha] |
7904 | The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha] |