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Full Idea
If someone knows the nature of everything, how could he fail to be able also to act correctly in every case?
Gist of Idea
How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly?
Source
Anon (Diss) (Dissoi Logoi - on Double Arguments [c.401 BCE], §8)
Book Ref
'The First Philosophers', ed/tr. Waterfield,Robin [OUP 2000], p.297
| 1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
| 1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
| 1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |