25 ideas
1749 | If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder] |
23029 | Knowledge is secured by the relations between its parts, through differences and identities [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
8239 | If the King likes music then there is hope for the state [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
23398 | Human nature is naturally compassionate and good (as a 'sprout'), but people may not be good [Mengzi (Mencius), by Norden] |
23400 | Righteousness is extending the unthinkable, to reveal what must be done [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
5835 | The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon] |
3018 | People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
1751 | Pleasure is the good, because we always seek it, it satisfies us, and its opposite is the most avoidable thing [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
23399 | Each correct feeling relies on an underlying virtue [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8235 | Should a coward who ran fifty paces from a battle laugh at another who ran a hundred? [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
23046 | States only have full authority if they heed the claims of human fellowship [Green,TH] |
8240 | A true king shares his pleasure with the people [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
23051 | Equality also implies liberty, because equality must be of opportunity as well as possessions [Green,TH] |
8237 | Extend the treatment of the old and young in your family to the rest of society [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
23028 | The highest political efforts express our deeper social spirit [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
23054 | Communism is wrong because it restricts the freedom of individuals to contribute to the community [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
23047 | Original common ownership is securing private property, not denying it [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
23042 | National spirit only exists in the individuals who embody it [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
23048 | The ground of property ownership is not force but the power to use it for social ends [Green,TH, by Muirhead] |
23049 | Property is needed by all citizens, to empower them to achieve social goods [Green,TH] |
8241 | Only put someone to death if the whole population believes it is deserved [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
1755 | Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |
8238 | Seeking peace through war is like looking for fish up a tree [Mengzi (Mencius)] |
8236 | Avoid the animals you are going to eat, as it is hard once you have got to know them [Mengzi (Mencius)] |