Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Anon (Lev), Avicenna (Abu Ibn Sina) and La Rochefoucauld

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13 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People

7914	To try to be wise all on one's own is folly [Rochefoucauld]

1. Philosophy / E. Nature of Metaphysics / 1. Nature of Metaphysics

11193

Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna]

9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Simples

11209

The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna]

9. Objects / C. Structure of Objects / 3. Matter of an Object

11204

The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 2. Types of Essence

15036

An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 2. Unconscious Mind

7118	La Rochefoucauld's idea of disguised self-love implies an unconscious mind [Rochefoucauld, by Sartre]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love

19941

Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself [Anon (Leviticus)]

7912	Judging by effects, love looks more like hatred than friendship [Rochefoucauld]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge

7915	Supreme cleverness is knowledge of the real value of things [Rochefoucauld]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

7917	Realising our future misery is a kind of happiness [Rochefoucauld]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue

7913	Virtue doesn't go far without the support of vanity [Rochefoucauld]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship

7916	True friendship is even rarer than true love [Rochefoucauld]

23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom

9299	We are bored by people to whom we ourselves are boring [Rochefoucauld]