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'The Discourses', 'Centring' and 'A Short History of Decay'
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 1. Virtue Theory / c. Particularism
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All human ills result from failure to apply preconceptions to particular cases [Epictetus]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / a. Natural virtue
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We have a natural sense of honour [Epictetus]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / c. Motivation for virtue
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If someone harms themselves in harming me, then I harm myself by returning the harm [Epictetus]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
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In the Discourses choice [prohairesis] defines our character and behaviour [Epictetus, by Frede,M]
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23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / b. Health
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Health is only a good when it is used well [Epictetus]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 1. Existentialism
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Man is never himself; he always aims at less than life, or more than life [Cioran]
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To live authentically, we must see that philosophy is totally useless [Cioran]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 2. Nihilism
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The pointlessness of our motives and irrelevance of our gestures reveals our vacuity [Cioran]
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The universe is dirty and fragile, as if a scandal in nothingness had produced its matter [Cioran]
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Evidence suggests that humans do not have a purpose [Cioran]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 3. Angst
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Unlike other creatures, mankind seems lost in nature [Cioran]
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We can only live because our imagination and memory are poor [Cioran]
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Life is now more dreaded than death [Cioran]
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23. Ethics / F. Existentialism / 4. Boredom
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You are stuck in the past if you don't know boredom [Cioran]
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If you lack beliefs, boredom is your martyrdom [Cioran]
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History is the bloody rejection of boredom [Cioran]
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No one is brave enough to say they don't want to do anything; we despise such a view [Cioran]
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