23 ideas
7893 | Our life is the creation of our mind [Anon (Dham)] |
7898 | The world is just the illusion of an appearance [Anon (Dham)] |
6685 | 'Subjectivism' is an extension of relativism from the social group to the individual [Graham] |
6699 | The chain of consequences may not be the same as the chain of responsibility [Graham] |
7894 | Hate is conquered by love [Anon (Dham)] |
6698 | Negative consequences are very hard (and possibly impossible) to assess [Graham] |
6700 | We can't criticise people because of unforeseeable consequences [Graham] |
7899 | Even divine pleasure will not satisfy the wise, as it is insatiable, and leads to pain [Anon (Dham)] |
6704 | Egoism submits to desires, but cannot help form them [Graham] |
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)] |
6701 | Rescue operations need spontaneous benevolence, not careful thought [Graham] |
7895 | Don't befriend fools; either find superior friends, or travel alone [Anon (Dham)] |
6693 | 'What if everybody did that?' rather misses the point as an objection to cheating [Graham] |
6691 | It is more plausible to say people can choose between values, than that they can create them [Graham] |
6688 | Life is only absurd if you expected an explanation and none turns up [Graham] |
6705 | Existentialism may transcend our nature, unlike eudaimonism [Graham] |
6690 | A standard problem for existentialism is the 'sincere Nazi' [Graham] |
6689 | The key to existentialism: the way you make choices is more important than what you choose [Graham] |
7900 | Speak the truth, yield not to anger, give what you can to him who asks [Anon (Dham)] |
6706 | The great religions are much more concerned with the religious life than with ethics [Graham] |
6709 | Western religion saves us from death; Eastern religion saves us from immortality [Graham] |
1513 | The Egyptians were the first to say the soul is immortal and reincarnated [Herodotus] |