3 ideas
3016 | Even the gods cannot strive against necessity [Pittacus, by Diog. Laertius] |
Full Idea: Even the gods cannot strive against necessity. | |
From: report of Pittacus (reports [c.610 BCE]) by Diogenes Laertius - Lives of Eminent Philosophers 01.5.4 |
4254 | Externalist accounts of knowledge do not require the traditional sort of justification [Kornblith] |
Full Idea: What is distinctive about externalist accounts of knowledge is that they do not require justification, at least in the traditional sense. | |
From: Hilary Kornblith (Internalism and Externalism: a History [2001], p.2) | |
A reaction: At least this gives animals the chance to know things, but I suspect that they never get beyond true beliefs. I'm sure humans have 'better' knowledge than animals. |
16714 | The state should kill blasphemous heretics [Erasmus] |
Full Idea: It is necessary for the preservation of the state to kill heretics that are blasphemous and seditious. | |
From: Desiderius Erasmus (works [1506]), quoted by Robert Pasnau - Metaphysical Themes 1274-1671 20.2 | |
A reaction: He was much more tolerant of heretics who kept quiet. |