10 ideas
15312 | We get the idea of power by abstracting from ropes, magnets and electric shocks [Priestley] |
23651 | Universals are not objects of sense and cannot be imagined - but can be conceived [Reid] |
23650 | Only individuals exist [Reid] |
23649 | No one thinks two sheets possess a single whiteness, but all agree they are both white [Reid] |
579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
11874 | Real identity admits of no degrees [Reid] |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
23652 | We must first conceive things before we can consider them [Reid] |
23648 | First we notice and name attributes ('abstracting'); then we notice that subjects share them ('generalising') [Reid] |
15311 | Attraction or repulsion are not imparted to matter, but actually constitute it [Priestley] |