Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Slavoj Zizek, Gorgias and St Paul

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14 ideas

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / c. Eighteenth century philosophy
9777 Kant was the first philosopher [Zizek]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
9778 There is no dialogue in philosophy [Zizek]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent
9779 Philosophy is transcendental questioning (not supporting science or constructing ontology) [Zizek]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
8138 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy [Paul]
23766 Don't be tossed to and fro with every wind of doctrine, by cunning deceptive men [Paul]
7. Existence / A. Nature of Existence / 3. Being / d. Non-being
18933 Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius]
12. Knowledge Sources / A. A Priori Knowledge / 3. Innate Knowledge / a. Innate knowledge
5052 When Gentiles follow the law, they must have the law written in their hearts [Paul]
15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / d. Purpose of consciousness
9780 Consciousness is a malfunction of evolution [Zizek]
19. Language / F. Communication / 1. Rhetoric
9866 Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato]
5864 Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / f. Altruism
9781 Tolerance and love are strategies to avoid encountering our neighbours [Zizek]
24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 10. Theocracy
7572 Power is ordained by God, so anyone who resists power resists God, and will be damned [Paul]
25. Social Practice / B. Equalities / 1. Grounds of equality
19945 Jew and Greeks, bond and free, male and female, are all one in Christ [Paul]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
20695 God's eternal power and deity are clearly seen in what has been created [Paul]