13 ideas
19574 | If man sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself, by acting against his own convictions [Novalis] |
19571 | Delusion and truth differ in their life functions [Novalis] |
18933 | Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius] |
8978 | Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett] |
19575 | Refinement of senses increasingly distinguishes individuals [Novalis] |
19572 | Experiences tests reason, and reason tests experience [Novalis] |
19573 | The seat of the soul is where our inner and outer worlds interpenetrate [Novalis] |
19577 | Everything is a chaotic unity, then we abstract, then we reunify the world into a free alliance [Novalis] |
9866 | Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato] |
5864 | Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias] |
19578 | Only self-illuminated perfect individuals are beautiful [Novalis] |
10364 | Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett] |
19576 | Religion needs an intermediary, because none of us can connect directly to a godhead [Novalis] |