37 ideas
14179 | The finest branch of wisdom is justice and moderation in ordering states and families [Plato] |
21959 | Metaphysics is the most general attempt to make sense of things [Moore,AW] |
1607 | Diotima said the Forms are the objects of desire in philosophical discourse [Plato, by Roochnik] |
9240 | Love creates a necessity concerning what to care about [Frankfurt] |
21958 | Appearances are nothing beyond representations, which is transcendental ideality [Moore,AW] |
174 | True opinion without reason is midway between wisdom and ignorance [Plato] |
181 | Only the gods stay unchanged; we replace our losses with similar acquisitions [Plato] |
180 | We call a person the same throughout life, but all their attributes change [Plato] |
172 | Love of ugliness is impossible [Plato] |
4026 | Beauty is harmony with what is divine, and ugliness is lack of such harmony [Plato] |
173 | Beauty and goodness are the same [Plato] |
183 | Stage two is the realisation that beauty of soul is of more value than beauty of body [Plato] |
184 | Progress goes from physical beauty, to moral beauty, to the beauty of knowledge, and reaches absolute beauty [Plato] |
171 | Music is a knowledge of love in the realm of harmony and rhythm [Plato] |
9228 | Ranking order of desires reveals nothing, because none of them may be considered important [Frankfurt] |
9238 | Morality isn't based on reason; moral indignation is quite unlike disapproval of irrationality [Frankfurt] |
9234 | If you don't care about at least one thing, you can't find reasons to care about anything [Frankfurt] |
9232 | It is by caring about things that we infuse the world with importance [Frankfurt] |
9233 | Our criteria for evaluating how to live offer an answer to the problem [Frankfurt] |
9229 | What is worthwhile for its own sake alone may be worth very little [Frankfurt] |
176 | Love follows beauty, wisdom is exceptionally beautiful, so love follows wisdom [Plato] |
9235 | Rather than loving things because we value them, I think we value things because we love them [Frankfurt] |
9237 | The paradigm case of pure love is not romantic, but that between parents and infants [Frankfurt] |
9239 | I value my children for their sake, but I also value my love for them for its own sake [Frankfurt] |
14177 | Love assists men in achieving merit and happiness [Plato] |
179 | Love is desire for perpetual possession of the good [Plato] |
9236 | Love can be cool, and it may not involve liking its object [Frankfurt] |
177 | If a person is good they will automatically become happy [Plato] |
14178 | Happiness is secure enjoyment of what is good and beautiful [Plato] |
9227 | We might not choose a very moral life, if the character or constitution was deficient [Frankfurt] |
9230 | People want to fulfill their desires, but also for their desires to be sustained [Frankfurt] |
9241 | Loving oneself is not a failing, but is essential to a successful life [Frankfurt] |
170 | The only slavery which is not dishonourable is slavery to excellence [Plato] |
182 | The first step on the right path is the contemplation of physical beauty when young [Plato] |
9300 | Boredom is serious, not just uncomfortable; it threatens our psychic survival [Frankfurt] |
9231 | Freedom needs autonomy (rather than causal independence) - embracing our own desires and choices [Frankfurt] |
175 | Gods are not lovers of wisdom, because they are already wise [Plato] |