4 ideas
8138 | Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy [Paul] |
Full Idea: Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy. | |
From: St Paul (12: Colossians [c.55], 2.8) | |
A reaction: The same might be said of preaching. The two sorts of spoiling seem to be fanaticism and wickedness. While reason can lead to fanaticism, I believe (with Socrates) that it is unlikely to corrupt morally. |
7903 | The six perfections are giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom [Nagarjuna] |
Full Idea: The six perfections are of giving, morality, patience, vigour, meditation, and wisdom. | |
From: Nagarjuna (Mahaprajnaparamitashastra [c.120], 88) | |
A reaction: What is 'morality', if giving is not part of it? I like patience and vigour being two of the virtues, which immediately implies an Aristotelian mean (which is always what is 'appropriate'). |
17960 | Eternalism says all times are equally real, and future and past objects and properties are real [Merricks] |
Full Idea: Eternalism says all times are equally real. Objects existing at past times and objects existing at future times are just as real as objects existing at the present. Properties had at past and future times are as much properties as those at the present. | |
From: Trenton Merricks (Goodbye Growing Block [2006], 1) | |
A reaction: He adds that the present is therefore 'subjective', resulting from one's perspective. Why would eternalists reject their subjective experiences of time, unless they reject all their other subjective experiences as well? |
17961 | Growing block has a subjective present and a growing edge - but these could come apart [Merricks, by PG] |
Full Idea: Merricks argues that the growing block view says that we live in the subjective present, and that there is a growing edge of being, but he then suggests that these two could come apart, and it would make no difference, so the growing block is incoherent. | |
From: report of Trenton Merricks (Goodbye Growing Block [2006], 4) by PG - Db (ideas) | |
A reaction: [I think that is the nub of his argument. I couldn't find a concise summary in his words] |