18 ideas
3067 | A philosopher should have principles ready for understanding, like a surgeon with instruments [Aurelius] |
8013 | In the Reformation, morality became unconditional but irrational, individually autonomous, and secular [MacIntyre] |
8021 | The Levellers and the Diggers mark a turning point in the history of morality [MacIntyre] |
3072 | Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius] |
8006 | When Aristotle speaks of soul he means something like personality [MacIntyre] |
23832 | We both desire what is beautiful, and want it to remain as it is [Weil] |
8002 | Sophists don't distinguish a person outside one social order from someone outside all order [MacIntyre] |
3066 | Nothing is evil which is according to nature [Aurelius] |
8012 | The value/fact logical gulf is misleading, because social facts involve values [MacIntyre] |
8005 | 'Happiness' is a bad translation of 'eudaimonia', which includes both behaving and faring well [MacIntyre] |
3071 | Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius] |
3069 | The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's [Aurelius] |
8001 | 'Dikaiosune' is justice, but also fairness and personal integrity [MacIntyre] |
8023 | My duties depend on my identity, which depends on my social relations [MacIntyre] |
3065 | Humans are naturally made for co-operation [Aurelius] |
8022 | I am naturally free if I am not tied to anyone by a contract [MacIntyre] |
8031 | Fans of natural rights or laws can't agree on what the actual rights or laws are [MacIntyre] |
8008 | The Bible is a story about God in which humans are incidental characters [MacIntyre] |