17 ideas
| 1922 | Spiritual qualities only become advantageous with the growth of wisdom [Plato] |
| 12221 | 'Corner quotes' (quasi-quotation) designate 'whatever these terms designate' [Quine] |
| 19321 | We might do without names, by converting them into predicates [Quine, by Kirkham] |
| 11259 | How can you seek knowledge of something if you don't know it? [Plato] |
| 16639 | Only individual bodies exist [Bacon] |
| 16033 | There are only individual bodies containing law-based powers, and the Forms are these laws [Bacon] |
| 20219 | True opinions only become really valuable when they are tied down by reasons [Plato] |
| 5985 | Seeking and learning are just recollection [Plato] |
| 5986 | The slave boy learns geometry from questioning, not teaching, so it is recollection [Plato] |
| 1923 | As a guide to action, true opinion is as good as knowledge [Plato] |
| 1919 | You don't need to learn what you know, and how do you seek for what you don't know? [Plato] |
| 21950 | Science must clear away the idols of the mind if they are ever going to find the truth [Bacon] |
| 1927 | It seems that virtue is neither natural nor taught, but is a divine gift [Plato] |
| 1913 | Is virtue taught, or achieved by practice, or a natural aptitude, or what? [Plato] |
| 1921 | If virtue is a type of knowledge then it ought to be taught [Plato] |
| 1916 | Even if virtues are many and various, they must have something in common to make them virtues [Plato] |
| 1918 | How can you know part of virtue without knowing the whole? [Plato] |