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Single Idea 152
[filed under theme 28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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Full Idea
The mind of a god, sustained by pure intelligence and knowledge, is satisfied with the vision of reality, and nourished and made happy by the vision of truth.
Gist of Idea
The mind of God is fully satisfied and happy with a vision of reality and truth
Source
Plato (Phaedrus [c.366 BCE], 247d)
Book Ref
Plato: 'Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIII', ed/tr. Hamilton,Walter [Penguin 1973], p.52
The
24 ideas
from 'Phaedrus'
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23997
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Plato saw emotions and appetites as wild horses, in need of taming
[Plato, by Goldie]
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143
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The two ruling human principles are the natural desire for pleasure, and an acquired love of virtue
[Plato]
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144
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Reason impels us towards excellence, which teaches us self-control
[Plato]
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146
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Soul is always in motion, so it must be self-moving and immortal
[Plato]
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148
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If the prime origin is destroyed, it will not come into being again out of anything
[Plato]
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9296
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The soul is self-motion
[Plato]
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149
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There isn't a single reason for positing the existence of immortal beings
[Plato]
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150
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We cannot conceive of God, so we have to think of Him as an immortal version of ourselves
[Plato]
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151
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True knowledge is of the reality behind sense experience
[Plato]
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152
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The mind of God is fully satisfied and happy with a vision of reality and truth
[Plato]
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153
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It takes a person to understand, by using universals, and by using reason to create a unity out of sense-impressions
[Plato]
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154
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We would have an overpowering love of knowledge if we had a pure idea of it - as with the other Forms
[Plato]
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155
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Beauty is the clearest and most lovely of the Forms
[Plato]
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156
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Bad people are never really friends with one another
[Plato]
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157
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Most pleasure is release from pain, and is therefore not worthwhile
[Plato]
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158
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An excellent speech seems to imply a knowledge of the truth in the mind of the speaker
[Plato]
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159
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Only a good philosopher can be a good speaker
[Plato]
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7953
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Reasoning needs to cut nature accurately at the joints
[Plato]
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16121
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I revere anyone who can discern a single thing that encompasses many things
[Plato]
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160
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The highest ability in man is the ability to discuss unity and plurality in the nature of things
[Plato]
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162
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Can we understand an individual soul without knowing the soul in general?
[Plato]
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165
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If the apparent facts strongly conflict with probability, it is in everyone's interests to suppress the facts
[Plato]
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166
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A speaker should be able to divide a subject, right down to the limits of divisibility
[Plato]
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5946
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'Phaedrus' pioneers the notion of philosophical rhetoric
[Lawson-Tancred on Plato]
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