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Ideas for 'Protagoras', 'Parerga and Paralipomena' and 'Identity through Possible Worlds'

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22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / e. Human nature
21483 Man is essentially a dreadful wild animal [Schopenhauer]
22. Metaethics / B. Value / 2. Values / j. Evil
202 No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil [Plato]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / h. Good as benefit
193 Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men [Plato]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / c. Value of pleasure
21466 Pleasure is weaker, and pain stronger, than we expect [Schopenhauer]
197 Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [Plato]
200 People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato]