28 ideas
6319 | Wise people choose inaction and silence [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6325 | One who knows does not speak; one who speaks does not know [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
12036 | Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge [Annas] |
12046 | Plato was the first philosopher who was concerned to systematize his ideas [Annas] |
6321 | Vulgar people are alert; I alone am muddled [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6328 | To know yet to think that one does not know is best [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6323 | Pursuit of learning increases activity; the Way decreases it [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
3061 | Anaxarchus said that he was not even sure that he knew nothing [Anaxarchus, by Diog. Laertius] |
6331 | Truth is not beautiful; beautiful speech is not truthful [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
3546 | 'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence [Annas] |
12037 | Euripides's Medea is a key case of reason versus the passions [Annas] |
6330 | One with no use for life is wiser than one who values it [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6327 | Do good to him who has done you an injury [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
3547 | Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development [Annas] |
3543 | Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness [Annas] |
23402 | The highest virtue is achieved without effort [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
12040 | Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value [Annas] |
6324 | To gain in goodness, treat as good those who are good, and those who are not [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
3541 | Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives [Annas] |
6322 | There is no crime greater than having too many desires [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
3550 | Principles cover life as a whole, where rules just cover actions [Annas] |
3551 | Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character [Annas] |
3552 | If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic [Annas] |
3542 | We should do good when necessary, not maximise it [Annas] |
6320 | The best rulers are invisible, the next admired, the next feared, and the worst are exploited [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6329 | People are hard to govern because authorities love to do things [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
6326 | The better known the law, the more criminals there are [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |
23401 | A military victory is not a thing of beauty [Laozi (Lao Tzu)] |