28 ideas
7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
6685 | 'Subjectivism' is an extension of relativism from the social group to the individual [Graham] |
7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
12156 | Aesthetics has risen and fallen with Romanticism [Scruton] |
12158 | Aesthetic experience informs the world with the values of the observer [Scruton] |
6699 | The chain of consequences may not be the same as the chain of responsibility [Graham] |
7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
6698 | Negative consequences are very hard (and possibly impossible) to assess [Graham] |
6700 | We can't criticise people because of unforeseeable consequences [Graham] |
6704 | Egoism submits to desires, but cannot help form them [Graham] |
6701 | Rescue operations need spontaneous benevolence, not careful thought [Graham] |
6693 | 'What if everybody did that?' rather misses the point as an objection to cheating [Graham] |
6691 | It is more plausible to say people can choose between values, than that they can create them [Graham] |
6688 | Life is only absurd if you expected an explanation and none turns up [Graham] |
6705 | Existentialism may transcend our nature, unlike eudaimonism [Graham] |
6690 | A standard problem for existentialism is the 'sincere Nazi' [Graham] |
6689 | The key to existentialism: the way you make choices is more important than what you choose [Graham] |
7988 | There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)] |
7992 | The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)] |
7994 | Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
6706 | The great religions are much more concerned with the religious life than with ethics [Graham] |
7997 | Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
6709 | Western religion saves us from death; Eastern religion saves us from immortality [Graham] |
7998 | The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)] |