10 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
3916 | Hopi consistently prefers verbs and events to nouns and things [Whorf] |
3917 | Scientific thought is essentially a specialised part of Indo-European languages [Whorf] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
23857 | People in power always try to increase their power [Weil] |
23856 | Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression [Weil] |
23859 | True democracy is the subordination of society to the individual [Weil] |
23858 | War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil] |
23860 | Even if a drowning man is doomed, he should keep swimming to the last [Weil] |
3915 | The Hopi have no concept of time as something flowing from past to future [Whorf] |