Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Gorgias, Collegium Conimbricense and Anon (Dham)

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13 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
7893 Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
18933 Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 1. Unifying an Object / a. Intrinsic unification
16751 Unity by aggregation, order, inherence, composition, and simplicity [Conimbricense, by Pasnau]
11. Knowledge Aims / C. Knowing Reality / 3. Idealism / a. Idealism
7898 The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)]
12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 2. Qualities in Perception / b. Primary/secondary
16720 Secondary qualities come from temperaments and proportions of primary qualities [Conimbricense]
19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
9866 Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]
5864 Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
7894 Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
7899 Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
7896 The foolish gradually fill with evil, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)]
7897 The wise gradually fill with good, like a slowly-filled water-jar [Anon (Dham)]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / d. Friendship
7895 Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)]
29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
7900 Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)]