8 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
8138 | Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy [Paul] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
6613 | The natural kinds are objects, processes and properties/relations [Ellis] |
6616 | Least action is not a causal law, but a 'global law', describing a global essence [Ellis] |
6615 | A species requires a genus, and its essence includes the essence of the genus [Ellis] |
6614 | A hierarchy of natural kinds is elaborate ontology, but needed to explain natural laws [Ellis] |
6612 | Without general principles, we couldn't predict the behaviour of dispositional properties [Ellis] |