10 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
6211 | Laughter is a sudden glory in realising the infirmity of others, or our own formerly [Hobbes] |
12739 | If we are dreaming, it is sufficient that the events are coherent, and obey laws [Leibniz] |
12738 | Successful prediction shows proficiency in nature [Leibniz] |
6213 | A man cannot will to will, or will to will to will, so the idea of a voluntary will is absurd [Hobbes] |
6208 | Conceptions and apparitions are just motion in some internal substance of the head [Hobbes] |
6209 | There is no absolute good, for even the goodness of God is goodness to us [Hobbes] |
6210 | Life has no end (not even happiness), because we have desires, which presuppose a further end [Hobbes] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
6212 | Lust involves pleasure, and also the sense of power in pleasing others [Hobbes] |