Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Ralph Cudworth, Socrates and Thomas Jefferson

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

5070	Socrates conservatively assumed that Athenian conventions were natural and true [Taylor,R on Socrates]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / c. Objective value

6227	Keeping promises and contracts is an obligation of natural justice [Cudworth]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / b. Successful function

5838	A well-made dung basket is fine, and a badly-made gold shield is base, because of function [Socrates, by Xenophon]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death

344	If death is like a night of dreamless sleep, such nights are very pleasant [Socrates]

339	Men fear death as a great evil when it may be a great blessing [Socrates]

22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds

5837	Things are both good and fine by the same standard [Socrates, by Xenophon]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / e. Good as knowledge

3017	The only good is knowledge, and the only evil is ignorance [Socrates, by Diog. Laertius]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

1646	Socrates was the first to put 'eudaimonia' at the centre of ethics [Socrates, by Vlastos]