8 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
10190 | From the axiomatic point of view, mathematics is a storehouse of abstract structures [Bourbaki] |
14759 | A thing is simply a long event, linked by qualities, and spatio-temporal unity [Broad] |
11842 | If short-lived happenings like car crashes are 'events', why not long-lived events like Dover Cliffs? [Broad] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
8160 | The present and past exist, but the future does not [Broad, by Dummett] |
14609 | We could say present and past exist, but not future, so that each event adds to the total history [Broad] |
22933 | We imagine the present as a spotlight, moving across events from past to future [Broad] |