21 ideas
23825 | We seek truth only because it is good [Weil] |
1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
3519 | Man uses his body, so must be separate from it [Anon (Plat), by Maslin] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
23826 | Beauty, goodness and truth are only achieved by applying full attention [Weil] |
1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
23833 | The good is a nothingness, and yet real [Weil] |
23808 | There are two goods - the absolute good we want, and the reachable opposite of evil [Weil] |
1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
23831 | The essence of power is illusory prestige [Weil] |
23830 | A group is only dangerous if it endorses an abstract entity [Weil] |
23809 | Our only social duty is to try to limit evil [Weil] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
23807 | The collective is the one and only object of false idolatry [Weil] |
23810 | Charity is the only love, and you can feel that for a country (a place with traditions), but not a nation [Weil] |
23811 | If effort is from necessity rather than for a good, it is slavery [Weil] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |
23765 | The soul is the intrinsic value of a human [Weil] |