Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Myles F. Burnyeat, H.L.A. Hart and Homer

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9 ideas

17. Mind and Body / A. Mind-Body Dualism / 8. Dualism of Mind Critique

2170	Homer does not distinguish between soul and body [Homer, by Williams,B]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / a. Will to Act

2171	The 'will' doesn't exist; there is just conclusion, then action [Homer, by Williams,B]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism

4377	Intellectualism is an excessive emphasis on reasoning in moral philosophy [Burnyeat]

22. Metaethics / B. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good

21819

Plato says the Good produces the Intellectual-Principle, which in turn produces the Soul [Homer, by Plotinus]

24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 2. Leaders / a. Autocracy

11388

Let there be one ruler [Homer]

25. Social Practice / C. Rights / 1. Basis of Rights

21004

Hart (against Bentham) says human rights are what motivate legal rights [Hart,HLA, by Sen]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / a. Legal system

20932

Positive law needs secondary 'rules of recognition' for their correct application [Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 2. The Law / d. Legal positivism

20931

Hart replaced positivism with the democratic requirement of the people's acceptance [Hart,HLA, by Zimmermann,J]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism

14829

Homer so enjoys the company of the gods that he must have been deeply irreligious [Homer, by Nietzsche]