8 ideas
| 291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
| 11993 | Jones may cease to exist without some simple property, but that doesn't make it essential [Kung] |
| 11997 | A property may belong essentially to one thing and contingently to another [Kung] |
| 11992 | Aristotelian essences underlie a thing's existence, explain it, and must belong to it [Kung] |
| 11995 | Some peripheral properties are explained by essential ones, but don't themselves explain properties [Kung] |
| 11996 | Some non-essential properties may explain more than essential-but-peripheral ones do [Kung] |
| 293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
| 21131 | Democracy is competition for support of the people, guided by self-interest on all sides [Posner] |