Ideas of John Gray, by Theme
[British, fl. 2002, Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics.]
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1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 7. Despair over Philosophy
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Human knowledge may not produce well-being; the examined life may not be worth living
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13. Knowledge Criteria / C. External Justification / 9. Naturalised Epistemology
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Knowledge does not need minds or nervous systems; it is found in all living things
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16. Persons / F. Free Will / 5. Against Free Will
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The will hardly ever does anything; most of our life just happens to us
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25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
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Nowadays we identify the free life with the good life
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27. Natural Reality / G. Biology / 4. Ecology
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Over forty percent of the Earth's living tissue is human
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
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Free atheism should start by questioning its faith in humanity
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29. Religion / A. Polytheistic Religion / 4. Dualist Religion
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Gnosticism has a supreme creator God, giving way to a possibly hostile Demiurge
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29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 2. Judaism
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Judaism only became monotheistic around 550 BCE
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29. Religion / B. Monotheistic Religion / 4. Christianity / a. Christianity
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Without Christianity we lose the idea that human history has a meaning
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What was our original sin, and how could Christ's suffering redeem it?
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Christians introduced the idea that a religion needs a creed
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29. Religion / C. Spiritual Disciplines / 3. Buddhism
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Buddhism has no divinity or souls, and the aim is to lose the illusion of a self
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