8 ideas
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
16730 | If matter is entirely atoms, anything else we notice in it can only be modes [Gassendi] |
16619 | We observe qualities, and use 'induction' to refer to the substances lying under them [Gassendi] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
22745 | Pherecydes said the first principle and element is earth [Pherecydes, by Sext.Empiricus] |
16593 | Atoms are not points, but hard indivisible things, which no force in nature can divide [Gassendi] |
16729 | How do mere atoms produce qualities like colour, flavour and odour? [Gassendi] |
5883 | Pherecydes was the first to say that the soul is eternal [Pherecydes, by Cicero] |