Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Alcmaeon, Socrates and Giordano Bruno

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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

195	No one willingly commits an evil or base act [Socrates]

199	The common belief is that people can know the best without acting on it [Socrates]

1653	Socrates did not accept the tripartite soul (which permits akrasia) [Vlastos on Socrates]

5843	People do what they think they should do, and only ever do what they think they should do [Socrates, by Xenophon]

5253	Socrates was shocked by the idea of akrasia, but observation shows that it happens [Aristotle on Socrates]