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All the ideas for 'fragments/reports', 'The Therapy of Desire' and 'Against the Mathematicians'

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13. Knowledge Criteria / B. Internal Justification / 4. Foundationalism / b. Basic beliefs

20795	Some things are their own criterion, such as straightness, a set of scales, or light [Sext.Empiricus]
	Full Idea: Dogmatists say something can be its own criterion. The straight is the standard of itself, and a set of scales establishes the equality of other things and of itself, and light seems to reveal not just other things but also itself.
	From: Sextus Empiricus (Against the Mathematicians [c.180], 442)
	A reaction: Each of these may be a bit dubious, but deserves careful discussion.

13. Knowledge Criteria / D. Scepticism / 6. Scepticism Critique

20794	How can sceptics show there is no criterion? Weak without, contradiction with [Sext.Empiricus]
	Full Idea: The dogmatists ask how the sceptic can show there is no criterion. If without a criterion, he is untrustworthy; with a criterion he is turned upside down. He says there is no criterion, but accepts a criterion to establish this.
	From: Sextus Empiricus (Against the Mathematicians [c.180], 440)
	A reaction: This is also the classic difficulty for foundationalist views of knowledge. Is the foundation justified, or not?

21. Aesthetics / C. Artistic Issues / 7. Art and Morality

468	Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.]
	Full Idea: In singing and playing the lyre, a boy will be likely to reveal not only courage and moderation, but also justice.
	From: Damon (fragments/reports [c.460 BCE], B4), quoted by (who?) - where?

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / b. Eudaimonia

21836	Philosophers after Aristotle endorsed the medical analogy for eudaimonia [Nussbaum, by Flanagan]
	Full Idea: Nussbaum says the post-Aristotelian philosophers did much more than simply advancing and refining Aristotle's ethics. They advanced eudaimonics by explicitly endorsing the medical analogy.
	From: report of Martha Nussbaum (The Therapy of Desire [1994]) by Owen Flanagan - The Really Hard Problem 4 'Eudaimoncs'
	A reaction: Since Aristotle is all about the successful functioning of the psuche, this idea is obviously implicit in his original texts. It needs a positive concept of mental health, and not a mere absence of mental illness. See the Mindapples campaign.