6 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
579 | Cratylus said you couldn't even step into the same river once [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
10486 | If we are rebuilding our ship at sea, we should jettison some cargo [Boolos on Neurath] |
8485 | We must always rebuild our ship on the open sea; we can't reconstruct it properly in dry-dock [Neurath] |
578 | Cratylus decided speech was hopeless, and his only expression was the movement of a finger [Cratylus, by Aristotle] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |