19 ideas
23326 | In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M] |
23335 | In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M] |
16137 | Earlier views of Aristotle were dominated by 'Categories' [Frede,M] |
23249 | The early philosophers thought that reason has its own needs and desires [Frede,M] |
8228 | Being is revealed at the point between waking and sleep [Anon (Cent)] |
16157 | Insurance on the original ship would hardly be paid out if the plank version was wrecked! [Frede,M] |
20653 | Six reduction levels: groups, lives, cells, molecules, atoms, particles [Putnam/Oppenheim, by Watson] |
8232 | Neglect your self, and feel the consciousness of each other being [Anon (Cent)] |
23334 | For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M] |
8230 | Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop [Anon (Cent)] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
8234 | Bondage and liberation are relative terms, which only frighten those already terrified of the universe [Anon (Cent)] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |
8227 | Feel your whole body saturated with cosmic essence [Anon (Cent)] |
8231 | Abandon attachment to body, and feel the joy of being everywhere [Anon (Cent)] |
8229 | The serenity in blue sky beyond clouds [Anon (Cent)] |
8233 | Imagine fire burning up your whole body, but not you [Anon (Cent)] |