13 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 8568 | A property is merely a constituent of laws of nature; temperature is just part of thermodynamics [Mellor] |
| 8564 | There is obviously a possible predicate for every property [Mellor] |
| 8566 | We need universals for causation and laws of nature; the latter give them their identity [Mellor] |
| 8565 | If properties were just the meanings of predicates, they couldn't give predicates their meaning [Mellor] |
| 5952 | Rather than being the whole soul, maybe I am its chief part? [Plutarch] |
| 5951 | If atoms have no qualities, they cannot possibly produce a mind [Plutarch] |
| 20796 | Action needs an affinity for a presentation, and an impulse toward the affinity [Plutarch] |
| 5948 | The good life involves social participation, loyalty, temperance and honesty [Plutarch] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 5950 | If only atoms exist, how do qualities arise when the atoms come together? [Plutarch] |
| 8567 | Singular causation requires causes to raise the physical probability of their effects [Mellor] |
| 5955 | No one will ever find a city that lacks religious practices [Plutarch] |