Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Hecato, Plato and Shaughan Lavine

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1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 1. Nature of Wisdom
1922 Spiritual qualities only become advantageous with the growth of wisdom [Plato]
14179 The finest branch of wisdom is justice and moderation in ordering states and families [Plato]
354 Wisdom makes virtue and true goodness possible [Plato]
13786 Wisdom is called 'beautiful', because it performs fine works [Plato]
23890 For Plato true wisdom is supernatural [Plato, by Weil]
1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
13780 Good people are no different from wise ones [Plato]
2136 Philosophers become as divine and orderly as possible, by studying divinity and order [Plato]
1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated
291 Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato]
1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 2. Ancient Philosophy / b. Pre-Socratic philosophy
3060 Plato never mentions Democritus, and wished to burn his books [Plato, by Diog. Laertius]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 1. Philosophy
162 Can we understand an individual soul without knowing the soul in general? [Plato]
326 For relaxation one can consider the world of change, instead of eternal things [Plato]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
160 The highest ability in man is the ability to discuss unity and plurality in the nature of things [Plato]
1642 We must fight fiercely for knowledge, understanding and intelligence [Plato]
315 Philosophy is the supreme gift of the gods to mortals [Plato]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / b. Philosophy as transcendent
370 Philosophy is a purification of the soul ready for the afterlife [Plato]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 5. Aims of Philosophy / e. Philosophy as reason
23767 The winds of the discussion should decide its destination [Plato]
15447 We shouldn't always follow where the argument leads! [Lewis on Plato]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
125 Is a gifted philosopher unmanly if he avoids the strife of the communal world? [Plato]
2056 Philosophers are always switching direction to something more interesting [Plato]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 2. Analysis by Division
2083 Either a syllable is its letters (making parts as knowable as whole) or it isn't (meaning it has no parts) [Plato]
2086 Understanding mainly involves knowing the elements, not their combinations [Plato]
166 A speaker should be able to divide a subject, right down to the limits of divisibility [Plato]
16123 Whenever you perceive a community of things, you should also hunt out differences in the group [Plato]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 4. Conceptual Analysis
23682 It would be absurd to be precise about the small things, but only vague about the big things [Plato]
1. Philosophy / F. Analytic Philosophy / 7. Limitations of Analysis
1645 The desire to split everything into its parts is unpleasant and unphilosophical [Plato]