7 ideas
1554 | Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind] |
1868 | The world was made as much for animals as for man [Celsus] |
12702 | Causes can be inferred from perfect knowledge of their effects [Leibniz] |
1555 | People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus] |
1543 | He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus] |
535 | The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus] |
1867 | Christians presented Jesus as a new kind of logos to oppose that of the philosophers [Celsus] |