12 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
13168 | My formal unifying atoms are substantial forms, which are forces like appetites [Leibniz] |
13169 | I call Aristotle's entelechies 'primitive forces', which originate activity [Leibniz] |
13170 | The analysis of things leads to atoms of substance, which found both composition and action [Leibniz] |
13171 | Substance must necessarily involve progress and change [Leibniz] |
3296 | Sense-data are a false objectification of what is essentially subjective [Nagel] |
3295 | Inner v outer brings astonishment that we are a particular person [Nagel] |
3293 | If you assert that we have an ego, you can still ask if that future ego will be me [Nagel] |
3292 | The most difficult problem of free will is saying what the problem is [Nagel] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
3294 | As far as possible we should become instruments to realise what is best from an eternal point of view [Nagel] |
13167 | We need the metaphysical notion of force to explain mechanics, and not just extended mass [Leibniz] |