15 ideas
| 11193 | Understanding begins with the notion of being and essence [Avicenna] |
| 11209 | The simple's whatness is its very self [Avicenna] |
| 11204 | The ultimate material of things has the unity of total formlessness [Avicenna] |
| 15036 | An essence can either be universal (in the mind) or singular (in concrete particulars) [Avicenna, by Panaccio] |
| 4020 | The modern self has disengaged reason, self-exploration, and personal commitment [Taylor,C] |
| 4002 | My aim is to map the connections between our sense of self and our moral understanding [Taylor,C] |
| 4006 | I can only be aware of myself as a person who changes by means of my personal history [Taylor,C] |
| 4003 | Selfhood and moral values are inextricably intertwined [Taylor,C] |
| 4021 | Willingness to risk life was the constitutive quality of the man of honour [Taylor,C] |
| 4005 | To have respect for people, you must feel their claims, or their injustices, or hold them in awe [Taylor,C] |
| 4004 | Consistency presupposes intrinsic description [Taylor,C] |
| 4010 | In later utilitarianism the modern stress on freedom leads to the rejection of paternalism [Taylor,C] |
| 1748 | Archelaus was the first person to say that the universe is boundless [Archelaus, by Diog. Laertius] |
| 5989 | Archelaus said life began in a primeval slime [Archelaus, by Schofield] |
| 4009 | Nominalists defended the sovereignty of God against the idea of natural existing good and evil [Taylor,C] |