9 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
19400 | Possibles demand existence, so as many of them as possible must actually exist [Leibniz] |
19401 | God's sufficient reason for choosing reality is in the fitness or perfection of possibilities [Leibniz] |
19402 | The actual universe is the richest composite of what is possible [Leibniz] |
23903 | When we admire a work, we see ourselves as its creator [Weil] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
23901 | Relationships depend on equality, so unequal treatment kills them [Weil] |
23904 | The cruelty of the Old Testament put me off Christianity [Weil] |
23902 | I attach little importance to immortality, which is an undecidable fact, and irrelevant to us [Weil] |