9 ideas
3067 | A philosopher should have principles ready for understanding, like a surgeon with instruments [Aurelius] |
3072 | Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius] |
3291 | Emergent properties appear at high levels of complexity, but aren't explainable by the lower levels [Nagel] |
3066 | Nothing is evil which is according to nature [Aurelius] |
3071 | Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius] |
3031 | The greatest good is not the achievement of desire, but to desire what is proper [Menedemus, by Diog. Laertius] |
3069 | The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's [Aurelius] |
3065 | Humans are naturally made for co-operation [Aurelius] |
3290 | Given the nature of heat and of water, it is literally impossible for water not to boil at the right heat [Nagel] |