19 ideas
9108 | From an impossibility anything follows [William of Ockham] |
19574 | If man sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself, by acting against his own convictions [Novalis] |
9107 | A proposition is true if its subject and predicate stand for the same thing [William of Ockham] |
19571 | Delusion and truth differ in their life functions [Novalis] |
16300 | Ockham had an early axiomatic account of truth [William of Ockham, by Halbach] |
9106 | The word 'every' only signifies when added to a term such as 'man', referring to all men [William of Ockham] |
9113 | Just as unity is not a property of a single thing, so numbers are not properties of many things [William of Ockham] |
9110 | The words 'thing' and 'to be' assert the same idea, as a noun and as a verb [William of Ockham] |
15388 | Universals are single things, and only universal in what they signify [William of Ockham] |
19575 | Refinement of senses increasingly distinguishes individuals [Novalis] |
9109 | If essence and existence were two things, one could exist without the other, which is impossible [William of Ockham] |
19572 | Experiences tests reason, and reason tests experience [Novalis] |
19573 | The seat of the soul is where our inner and outer worlds interpenetrate [Novalis] |
19577 | Everything is a chaotic unity, then we abstract, then we reunify the world into a free alliance [Novalis] |
9105 | Some concepts for propositions exist only in the mind, and in no language [William of Ockham] |
19578 | Only self-illuminated perfect individuals are beautiful [Novalis] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
19576 | Religion needs an intermediary, because none of us can connect directly to a godhead [Novalis] |