18 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] |
12312 | The real essence of a thing is its powers, or 'dispositional properties' [Copi] |
10937 | Essential properties are the 'deepest' ones which explain the others [Copi, by Rami] |
12308 | In modern science, nominal essence is intended to be real essence [Copi] |
16157 | Insurance on the original ship would hardly be paid out if the plank version was wrecked! [Frede,M] |
12303 | Within the four types of change, essential attributes are those whose loss means destruction [Copi] |
18088 | Intentionality is the mark of dispositions, not of the mental [Place] |
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] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
12307 | Modern science seeks essences, and is getting closer to them [Copi] |
18089 | Dispositions are not general laws, but laws of the natures of individual entities [Place] |
12310 | Real essences are scientifically knowable, but so are non-essential properties [Copi] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |