17 ideas
1542 | Diogenes of Apollonia was the last natural scientist [Diogenes of Apollonia, by Simplicius] |
489 | Each thing must be in some way unique [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
483 | Start a thesis with something undisputable [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
1544 | Perception must be an internal matter, because we can fail to perceive when we are preoccupied [Diogenes of Apollonia, by Theophrastus] |
24042 | The older Diogenes said the soul is air, made of the smallest particles [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
22709 | We should first decide what are the great works of art, with aesthetic theory following from that [Murdoch] |
22715 | Great art proves the absurdity of art for art's sake [Murdoch] |
22712 | Art and morals are essentially the same, and are both identical with love [Murdoch] |
22714 | Because art is love, it improves us morally [Murdoch] |
22713 | Love is realising something other than oneself is real [Murdoch] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
5995 | Diogenes of Apollonia offered the first teleological account of cosmology [Diogenes of Apollonia, by Robinson,TM] |
484 | Everything is ultimately a variation of one underlying thing [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
488 | Air is divine, because it is in and around everything, and arranges everything [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
486 | Plants and animals can only come into existence if something fixes their species [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
485 | Things must retain their essential nature during change, or mixing would be impossible [Diogenes of Apollonia] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |