12 ideas
18933 | Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius] |
14804 | Is chance just unknown laws? But the laws operate the same, whatever chance occurs [Peirce] |
5864 | Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias] |
9866 | Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato] |
22709 | We should first decide what are the great works of art, with aesthetic theory following from that [Murdoch] |
22715 | Great art proves the absurdity of art for art's sake [Murdoch] |
22712 | Art and morals are essentially the same, and are both identical with love [Murdoch] |
22714 | Because art is love, it improves us morally [Murdoch] |
14805 | Is there any such thing as death among the lower organisms? [Peirce] |
22713 | Love is realising something other than oneself is real [Murdoch] |
14806 | If the world is just mechanical, its whole specification has no more explanation than mere chance [Peirce] |
14803 | The more precise the observations, the less reliable appear to be the laws of nature [Peirce] |