6 ideas
16005 | I recognise knowledge, but it is the truth by which I can live and die that really matters [Kierkegaard] |
1490 | You would have to be very morally lazy to ignore criticisms of your own culture [Nagel] |
1554 | Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind] |
1555 | People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus] |
535 | The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus] |
1543 | He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus] |