Combining Philosophers

Ideas for Chrysippus, Socrates and Aristotle

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22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / a. Form of the Good
20 The good is 'that at which all things aim' [Aristotle]
5128 Each category of existence has its own good, so one Good cannot unite them [Aristotle]
5129 There should be one science of the one Good, but there are many overlapping sciences [Aristotle]
629 Is the good a purpose, a source of movement, or a pure form? [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good
5110 Goodness is when a thing (such as a circle) is complete, and conforms with its nature [Aristotle]
5131 Intelligence and sight, and some pleasures and honours, are candidates for being good in themselves [Aristotle]
5135 Goods are external, of the soul, and of the body; those of the soul (such as action) come first [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / d. Good as virtue
5972 Living happily is nothing but living virtuously [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
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 / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
23 The masses believe, not unreasonably, that the good is pleasure [Aristotle]
5269 Pleasure is not the Good, and not every pleasure is desirable [Aristotle]
1777 Pleasure is not the good, because there are disgraceful pleasures [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
5973 Justice can be preserved if pleasure is a good, but not if it is the goal [Chrysippus, by Plutarch]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / g. Consequentialism
5877 We judge people from their deeds because we cannot see their choices (which matter more) [Aristotle]
22555 The function of good men is to confer benefits [Aristotle]
109 Clearly perfect conduct will involve both good intention and good action [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / h. Good as benefit
26 Wealth is not the good, because it is only a means [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness
25 You can be good while asleep, or passive, or in pain [Aristotle]
5136 Happiness seems to involve virtue, or practical reason, or wisdom, or pleasure, or external goods [Aristotle]
5868 Horses, birds and fish are not happy, lacking a divine aspect to their natures [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia
18673 Eudaimonia is said to only have final value, where reason and virtue are also useful [Aristotle, by Orsi]
5127 Does Aristotle say eudaimonia is the aim, or that it ought to be? [McDowell on Aristotle]
5143 Some good and evil can happen to the dead, just as the living may be unaware of a disaster [Aristotle]
1646 Socrates was the first to put 'eudaimonia' at the centre of ethics [Socrates, by Vlastos]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / c. Value of happiness
2681 Aristotle is unsure about eudaimonia because he is unsure what people are [Nagel on Aristotle]
5132 Goods like pleasure are chosen partly for happiness, but happiness is chosen just for itself [Aristotle]
30 Happiness is perfect and self-sufficient, the end of all action [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness
39 Happiness needs total goodness and a complete life [Aristotle]
100 The happy life is in accordance with goodness, which implies seriousness [Aristotle]
5850 Happiness is composed of a catalogue of internal and external benefits [Aristotle]
5139 If happiness can be achieved by study and effort, then it is open to anyone who is not corrupt [Aristotle]
106 The best life is that of the intellect, since that is in the fullest sense the man [Aristotle]
5144 Happiness is activity in accordance with complete virtue, for a whole life, with adequate external goods [Aristotle]
5865 Happiness involves three things, of which the greatest is either wisdom, virtue, or pleasure [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / a. Nature of pleasure
4374 For Aristotle, pleasure is the perception of particulars as valuable [Achtenberg on Aristotle]
4376 Pleasure and pain are perceptions of things as good or bad [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / b. Types of pleasure
383 God feels one simple pleasure forever [Aristotle]
5230 There are pleasures of the soul (e.g. civic honour, and learning) and of the body [Aristotle]
5270 Intellectual pleasures are superior to sensuous ones [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
5259 If we criticise bodily pleasures as licentious and bad, why do we consider their opposite, pain, to be bad? [Aristotle]
96 Nobody would choose the mentality of a child, even if they had the greatest childish pleasures [Aristotle]
20845 There are shameful pleasures, and nothing shameful is good, so pleasure is not a good [Chrysippus, by Diog. Laertius]
98 It is right to pursue pleasure, because it enhances life, and life is a thing to choose [Aristotle]
99 If happiness were mere amusement it wouldn't be worth a lifetime's effort [Aristotle]
97 There are many things we would want even if they brought no pleasure [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / d. Sources of pleasure
5256 Some things are not naturally pleasant, but become so through disease or depravity [Aristotle]
5258 While replenishing we even enjoy unpleasant things, but only absolute pleasures when we are replenished [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
49 Character is revealed by the pleasures and pains people feel [Aristotle]
53 Feeling inappropriate pleasure or pain affects conduct, and is central to morality [Aristotle]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
84 The greater the pleasure, the greater the hindrance to thought [Aristotle]