Combining Philosophers

All the ideas for Mohammed, Speussipus and Posidonius

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27 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
6814 Instead of prayer and charity, sinners pursue vain disputes and want their own personal scripture [Mohammed]
9. Objects / B. Unity of Objects / 2. Substance / c. Types of substance
594 Speusippus suggested underlying principles for every substance, and ended with a huge list [Speussipus, by Aristotle]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
6828 You may break off a treaty if you fear treachery from your ally [Mohammed]
6823 Repay evil with good and your enemies will become friends (though this is hard) [Mohammed]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
6826 Allah rewards those who are devout, sincere, patient, humble, charitable, chaste, and who fast [Mohammed]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
6822 Those who avenge themselves when wronged incur no guilt [Mohammed]
25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / c. Deterrence of crime
6833 Punish theft in men or women by cutting off their hands [Mohammed]
25. Social Practice / E. Policies / 5. Education / b. Education principles
13304 Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 1. Causing Death
6832 Killing a human, except as just punishment, is like killing all mankind [Mohammed]
6825 Do not kill except for a just cause [Mohammed]
27. Natural Reality / D. Time / 1. Nature of Time / d. Time as measure
20820 Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 2. Divine Nature
6811 Allah is lord of creation, compassionate, merciful, king of judgement-day [Mohammed]
28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
6819 True believers see that Allah made the night for rest and the day to give light [Mohammed]
28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
2632 Speusippus said things were governed by some animal force rather than the gods [Speussipus, by Cicero]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
6818 Allah cannot have begotten a son, as He is self-sufficient [Mohammed]
29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 6. Islam
6834 Unbelievers try to interpret the ambiguous parts of the Koran, simply to create dissension [Mohammed]
6831 He that kills a believer by design shall burn in Hell for ever [Mohammed]
6827 Make war on the unbelievers until Allah's religion reigns supreme [Mohammed]
6824 Do not split into sects, exulting in separate beliefs [Mohammed]
6821 I created mankind that it might worship Me [Mohammed]
6817 The Koran is certainly composed by Allah; no one could compose a chapter like it [Mohammed]
6829 There shall be no compulsion in religion [Mohammed]
6815 Be patient with unbelievers, and leave them to the judgement of Allah [Mohammed]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / d. Heaven
6820 The righteous shall dwell on couches in gardens, wedded to dark-eyed houris [Mohammed]
6812 Heaven will be reclining on couches, eating fruit, attended by virgins [Mohammed]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / e. Hell
6816 The unbelievers shall drink boiling water [Mohammed]
6830 Unbelievers will have their skin repeatedly burned off in hell [Mohammed]