16 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
21945 | Foucault originally felt that liberating reason had become an instrument of domination [Foucault, by Gutting] |
21942 | Foucault challenges knowledge in psychology and sociology, not in the basic sciences [Foucault, by Gutting] |
21941 | Unlike Marxists, Foucault explains thought internally, without deference to conscious ideas [Foucault, by Gutting] |
7357 | People who control others with fluent language often end up being hated [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
21939 | The author function of any text is a plurality of selves [Foucault, by Gutting] |
7358 | All men prefer outward appearance to true excellence [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7362 | Humans are similar, but social conventions drive us apart (sages and idiots being the exceptions) [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7360 | Do not do to others what you would not desire yourself [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7359 | Excess and deficiency are equally at fault [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7363 | The virtues of the best people are humility, maganimity, sincerity, diligence, and graciousness [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
21940 | Nature is not the basis of rights, but the willingness to risk death in asserting them [Foucault] |
7361 | Men of the highest calibre avoid political life completely [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
23393 | Confucianism assumes that all good developments have happened, and there is only one Way [Norden on Kongzi (Confucius)] |
21116 | Power is used to create identities and ways of life for other people [Foucault, by Shorten] |