19 ideas
1597 | Thales was the first western thinker to believe the arché was intelligible [Roochnik on Thales] |
12780 | We can grasp the wisdom of God a priori [Leibniz] |
15381 | Dyamic logics model changes between classical states, in action, belief, and computing [Uckelman] |
12774 | Without a substantial chain to link monads, they would just be coordinated dreams [Leibniz] |
12782 | Monads control nothing outside of themselves [Leibniz] |
12777 | Monads do not make a unity unless a substantial chain is added to them [Leibniz] |
12778 | There is active and passive power in the substantial chain and in the essence of a composite [Leibniz] |
12783 | Primitive force is what gives a composite its reality [Leibniz] |
12775 | Things seem to be unified if we see duration, position, interaction and connection [Leibniz] |
12776 | Every substance is alive [Leibniz] |
12753 | A substantial bond of powers is needed to unite composites, in addition to monads [Leibniz] |
12781 | A composite substance is a mere aggregate if its essence is just its parts [Leibniz] |
12779 | There is a reason why not every possible thing exists [Leibniz] |
3013 | Nothing is stronger than necessity, which rules everything [Thales, by Diog. Laertius] |
12785 | Truth is mutually agreed perception [Leibniz] |
1494 | Thales said water is the first principle, perhaps from observing that food is moist [Thales, by Aristotle] |
1713 | Thales must have thought soul causes movement, since he thought magnets have soul [Thales, by Aristotle] |
12784 | Allow no more miracles than are necessary [Leibniz] |
1742 | Thales said the gods know our wrong thoughts as well as our evil actions [Thales, by Diog. Laertius] |