27 ideas
14519 | It is a great good to show reverence for a wise man [Epicurus] |
8093 | Seek wisdom rather than truth; it is easier [Joubert] |
8095 | We must think with our entire body and soul [Joubert] |
14518 | In the study of philosophy, pleasure and knowledge arrive simultaneously [Epicurus] |
8107 | The love of certainty holds us back in metaphysics [Joubert] |
8099 | The truths of reason instruct, but they do not illuminate [Joubert] |
8098 | Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has [Joubert] |
14524 | Bodies are combinations of shape, size, resistance and weight [Epicurus] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
8101 | To know is to see inside oneself [Joubert] |
8094 | The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye [Joubert] |
14521 | If everything is by necessity, then even denials of necessity are by necessity [Epicurus] |
8103 | A thought is as real as a cannon ball [Joubert] |
8100 | Where does the bird's idea of a nest come from? [Joubert] |
14522 | What happens to me if I obtain all my desires, and what if I fail? [Epicurus] |
8096 | He gives his body up to pleasure, but not his soul [Joubert] |
8104 | What will you think of pleasures when you no longer enjoy them? [Joubert] |
3563 | Pleasure and virtue entail one another [Epicurus] |
3560 | Justice is merely a contract about not harming or being harmed [Epicurus] |
8097 | Virtue is hard if we are scorned; we need support [Joubert] |
14517 | We value our own character, whatever it is, and we should respect the characters of others [Epicurus] |
14513 | Justice is a pledge of mutual protection [Epicurus] |
14515 | A law is not just if it is not useful in mutual associations [Epicurus] |
8106 | In raising a child we must think of his old age [Joubert] |
14520 | It is small-minded to find many good reasons for suicide [Epicurus] |
8105 | We can't exactly conceive virtue without the idea of God [Joubert] |
8102 | We cannot speak against Christianity without anger, or speak for it without love [Joubert] |