10 ideas
4304 | Descartes says there are two substance, Spinoza one, and Leibniz infinitely many [Cottingham] |
4303 | The notion of substance lies at the heart of rationalist metaphysics [Cottingham] |
604 | Knowledge is mind and knowing 'cohabiting' [Lycophron, by Aristotle] |
1457 | Morality requires a minimum commitment to the self [Rashdall] |
4316 | Either all action is rational, or reason dominates, or reason is only concerned with means [Cottingham] |
6674 | All moral judgements ultimately concern the value of ends [Rashdall] |
6673 | Ideal Utilitarianism is teleological but non-hedonistic; the aim is an ideal end, which includes pleasure [Rashdall] |
4306 | For rationalists, it is necessary that effects be deducible from their causes [Cottingham] |
1458 | Conduct is only reasonable or unreasonable if the world is governed by reason [Rashdall] |
1459 | Absolute moral ideals can't exist in human minds or material things, so their acceptance implies a greater Mind [Rashdall, by PG] |