6 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
21855 | Only in the 1780s did it become acceptable to read Spinoza [Lord] |
21866 | Hobbes and Spinoza use 'conatus' to denote all endeavour for advantage in nature [Lord] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
1472 | The propositions that God is good and omnipotent, and that evil exists, are logically contradictory [Mackie, by PG] |
1473 | Is evil an illusion, or a necessary contrast, or uncontrollable, or necessary for human free will? [Mackie, by PG] |