9 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 21315 | A tree remains the same in the popular sense, but not in the strict philosophical sense [Butler] |
| 10486 | If we are rebuilding our ship at sea, we should jettison some cargo [Boolos on Neurath] |
| 8485 | We must always rebuild our ship on the open sea; we can't reconstruct it properly in dry-dock [Neurath] |
| 21317 | Despite consciousness fluctuating, we are aware that it belongs to one person [Butler] |
| 21313 | If consciousness of events makes our identity, then if we have forgotten them we didn't exist then [Butler] |
| 21314 | Consciousness presupposes personal identity, so it cannot constitute it [Butler] |
| 21318 | If the self changes, we have no responsibilities, and no interest in past or future [Butler] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |