9 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
17945 | Forms are not a theory of universals, but an attempt to explain how predication is possible [Nehamas] |
17946 | Only Tallness really is tall, and other inferior tall things merely participate in the tallness [Nehamas] |
18617 | Substances, unlike aggregates, can survive a change of parts [Mumford] |
18618 | Maybe possibilities are recombinations of the existing elements of reality [Mumford] |
18619 | Combinatorial possibility has to allow all elements to be combinable, which seems unlikely [Mumford] |
18620 | Combinatorial possibility relies on what actually exists (even over time), but there could be more [Mumford] |
17944 | 'Episteme' is better translated as 'understanding' than as 'knowledge' [Nehamas] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |