Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Chrysippus, Socrates and Iamblichus
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20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will
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No one willingly commits an evil or base act [Socrates]
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The common belief is that people can know the best without acting on it [Socrates]
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Socrates did not accept the tripartite soul (which permits akrasia) [Vlastos on Socrates]
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People do what they think they should do, and only ever do what they think they should do [Socrates, by Xenophon]
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Socrates was shocked by the idea of akrasia, but observation shows that it happens [Aristotle on Socrates]
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Passions are judgements; greed thinks money is honorable, and likewise drinking and lust [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / a. Practical reason
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5839
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For Socrates, wisdom and prudence were the same thing [Socrates, by Xenophon]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 3. Acting on Reason / b. Intellectualism
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For Socrates, virtues are forms of knowledge, so knowing justice produces justice [Socrates, by Aristotle]
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Socrates was the first to base ethics upon reason, and use reason to explain it [Taylor,R on Socrates]
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All human virtues are increased by study and practice [Socrates, by Xenophon]
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The wise perform good actions, and people fail to be good without wisdom [Socrates, by Xenophon]
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20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 5. Action Dilemmas / c. Omissions
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The highest degree of morality performs all that is appropriate, omitting nothing [Chrysippus]
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