14 ideas
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
3654 | The pineal gland links soul to body, and unites the two symmetrical sides of the body [Descartes, by PG] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
4015 | For Descartes passions are God-given preservers of the mind-body union [Descartes, by Taylor,C] |
4313 | Are there a few primary passions (say, joy, sadness and desire)? [Descartes, by Cottingham] |
23989 | There are six primitive passions: wonder, love, hatred, desire, joy and sadness [Descartes, by Goldie] |
20037 | Merely willing to walk leads to our walking [Descartes] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
16763 | We don't die because the soul departs; the soul departs because the organs cease functioning [Descartes] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
4016 | Descartes makes strength of will the central virtue [Descartes, by Taylor,C] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |