7 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
18119 | Mathematics is a mental activity which does not use language [Brouwer, by Bostock] |
18118 | Brouwer regards the application of mathematics to the world as somehow 'wicked' [Brouwer, by Bostock] |
16083 | Aristotelian matter seriously threatens the intrinsic unity and substantiality of its object [Gill,ML] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
17006 | Prime matter has no place in Aristotle's theories, and passages claiming it are misread [Gill,ML] |
16093 | Prime matter is actually nothing and potentially everything (or potentially an element) [Gill,ML] |