39 ideas
| 501 | Reason is a more powerful persuader than gold [Democritus (attr)] |
| 5311 | If observation goes up a level, we expect the laws of the lower level to remain in force [Wilson,EO] |
| 5312 | A child first sees objects as distinct, and later as members of groups [Wilson,EO] |
| 5309 | Beliefs are really enabling mechanisms for survival [Wilson,EO] |
| 514 | Beauty is merely animal without intelligence [Democritus (attr)] |
| 5310 | Philosophers study the consequences of ethics instead of its origins [Wilson,EO] |
| 525 | Behave well when alone, and feel shame in you own eyes [Democritus (attr)] |
| 22187 | Genetic behaviours that have enhanced human success include aggression, rape and xenophobia [Wilson,EO, by Okasha] |
| 5313 | The rules of human decision-making converge and overlap in a 'human nature' [Wilson,EO] |
| 502 | Good breeding in men means having a good character [Democritus (attr)] |
| 5316 | We undermine altruism by rewarding it, but we reward it to encourage it [Wilson,EO] |
| 5318 | Pure hard-core altruism based on kin selection is the enemy of civilisation [Wilson,EO] |
| 507 | Virtuous love consists of decorous desire for the beautiful [Democritus (attr)] |
| 521 | We should only choose pleasures which are concerned with the beautiful [Democritus (attr)] |
| 505 | Good and true are the same for everyone, but pleasures differ [Democritus (attr)] |
| 508 | Only accept beneficial pleasures [Democritus (attr)] |
| 520 | The great pleasures come from the contemplation of noble works [Democritus (attr)] |
| 522 | Moderation brings more pleasures, and so increases pleasure [Democritus (attr)] |
| 506 | Immoderate desire is the mark of a child, not an adult [Democritus (attr)] |
| 523 | It is as brave to master pleasure as to overcome the enemy [Democritus (attr)] |
| 5317 | The actor is most convincing who believes that his performance is real [Wilson,EO] |
| 503 | Virtue doesn't just avoid evil, but also doesn't desire it [Democritus (attr)] |
| 497 | Be virtuous from duty, not from fear [Democritus (attr)] |
| 518 | A bad life is just a drawn-out death [Democritus (attr)] |
| 524 | Virtue comes more from practice than from nature [Democritus (attr)] |
| 499 | Repentance of shameful deeds is salvation [Democritus (attr)] |
| 519 | One must avoid even speaking of evil deeds [Democritus (attr)] |
| 500 | The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the person wronged [Democritus (attr)] |
| 15640 | Courage is not a virtue, but the form of every virtue at its testing point [Lewis,CS] |
| 526 | Small appetite makes poverty equal to wealth [Democritus (attr)] |
| 1539 | The endless desire for money is a crueller slavery than poverty [Democritus (attr)] |
| 511 | It is better to have one intelligent friend than many unintelligent [Democritus (attr)] |
| 498 | It is a great thing, when one is in adversity, to think of duty [Democritus (attr)] |
| 20662 | The biology of societies: kin selection, parenting, mating; status, territory, contracts [Wilson,EO] |
| 1541 | It is better to be poor in a democracy than be rich without freedom [Democritus (attr)] |
| 5308 | The only human purpose is that created by our genetic history [Wilson,EO] |
| 5314 | Cultural evolution is Lamarckian and fast, biological evolution is Darwinian and slow [Wilson,EO] |
| 5315 | Over 99 percent of human evolution has been in the hunter-gatherer phase [Wilson,EO] |
| 5320 | It is estimated that mankind has produced 100,000 religions [Wilson,EO] |