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13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 2. Knowledge as Convention

1556	By nature people are close to one another, but culture drives them apart [Hippias]
	Full Idea: I regard you all as relatives - by nature, not by convention. By nature like is akin to like, but convention is a tyrant over humankind and often constrains people to act contrary to nature.
	From: Hippias (fragments/reports [c.430 BCE]), quoted by Plato - Protagoras 337c8

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues

3015	The virtue of man is thoughtful foresight of future events [Chilo, by Diog. Laertius]
	Full Idea: A foresight of future events, such as could be arrived at by consideration, is the virtue of man.
	From: report of Chilo (poems (frags) [c.490 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 01.4.1

24. Political Theory / D. Ideologies / 5. Democracy / d. Representative democracy

16009	When we seek our own 'freedom' we are just trying to avoid responsibility [Kierkegaard]
	Full Idea: In all our own 'freedom' we actually seek one thing: to be able to live without responsibility.
	From: Søren Kierkegaard (Attack Upon Christendom [1855], p.290)
	A reaction: That's the plan when I win the lottery. [SY]