Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Saunders MacLane, Adam Smith and Friedrich Schiller

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6 ideas

4. Formal Logic / F. Set Theory ST / 4. Axioms for Sets / a. Axioms for sets
18189 ZFC could contain a contradiction, and it can never prove its own consistency [MacLane]
21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality
22022 Beauty motivates morality, by harmonising feeling and reason [Schiller, by Pinkard]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / i. Moral luck
5126 A carelessly thrown brick is condemned much more if it hits someone [Smith,A, by Harman]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
20991 People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 11. Capitalism
20680 Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
7675 Schiller speaks obsessively of freedom throughout his works [Schiller, by Berlin]