7 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 12712 | Substance is that which can act [Leibniz] |
| 12737 | Nature can be fully explained by final causes alone, or by efficient causes alone [Leibniz] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 23829 | National leaders want to preserve necessary order - but always the existing order [Weil] |
| 23828 | National prestige consists of behaving as if you could beat the others in a war [Weil] |
| 23827 | Modern wars are fought in the name of empty words which are given capital letters [Weil] |