5 ideas
19090 | If we can't check our language against experience, philosophy is just comparing beliefs and words [Rorty] |
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
1477 | Being manly and brave is the result of convention, not of human nature [Plutarch] |
1478 | Animals don't value pleasure, as they cease sexual intercourse after impregnation [Plutarch] |
1479 | Animals have not been led into homosexuality, because they value pleasure very little [Plutarch] |