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Ideas for 'The Discourses', 'Gorgias' and 'On the Nature of Moral Values'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
23340 We consist of animal bodies and god-like reason [Epictetus]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / f. Übermensch
23358 Every species produces exceptional beings, and we must just accept their nature [Epictetus]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / g. Will to power
122 Moral rules are made by the weak members of humanity [Plato]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 1. Nature of Value / a. Nature of value
21749 Altruistic values concern other persons, and ceremonial values concern practices [Quine]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / e. Death
23345 Don't be frightened of pain or death; only be frightened of fearing them [Epictetus]
23339 I will die as becomes a person returning what he does not own [Epictetus]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / g. Love
23357 Knowledge of what is good leads to love; only the wise, who distinguish good from evil, can love [Epictetus]
21751 Love seems to diminish with distance from oneself [Quine]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / h. Fine deeds
139 A good person is bound to act well, and this brings happiness [Plato]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / i. Self-interest
128 Is it natural to simply indulge our selfish desires? [Plato]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil
23363 The evil for everything is what is contrary to its nature [Epictetus]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / b. Types of good
23328 The essences of good and evil are in dispositions to choose [Epictetus]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / f. Good as pleasure
4322 In slaking our thirst the goodness of the action and the pleasure are clearly separate [Plato]
136 Good should be the aim of pleasant activity, not the other way round [Plato]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
134 Good and bad people seem to experience equal amounts of pleasure and pain [Plato]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / f. Dangers of pleasure
132 If happiness is the satisfaction of desires, then a life of scratching itches should be happiness [Plato]
4319 In a fool's mind desire is like a leaky jar, insatiable in its desires, and order and contentment are better [Plato]