14 ideas
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)] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
20991 | People prepare our dinner from their own self-interest, not from humanity [Smith,A] |
21991 | The middle class gain freedom through property, but workers can only free all of humanity [Marx, by Singer] |
21990 | Theory is as much a part of a revolution as material force is [Marx] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
20680 | Selfish profit-seeking increases collective wealth, so greed is good, and egoism is altruism [Smith,A, by Harari] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |
7128 | Religion is the opium of the people, and real happiness requires its abolition [Marx] |