6 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 5437 | The claim of hermeneutics to give knowledge through understanding is challenged by positivism [Mautner on Dilthey] |
| 5436 | Natural science seeks explanation; human sciences seek understanding [Dilthey, by Mautner] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 22439 | There are only duties if there are rights, so truth is only for those with a right to it [Constant] |
| 22440 | Unconditional truth-telling makes a society impossible [Constant] |