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All the ideas for 'works (all lost)', 'Ruling Passions' and 'Dialectic of Enlightenment'

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9 ideas

1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 6. Hopes for Philosophy

1749	If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder]

1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 5. Critical Theory

15663

Adorno and Horkheimer subjected the Enlightenment to 'critical theory' analysis [Adorno/Horkheimer, by Finlayson]

20. Action / B. Preliminaries of Action / 2. Willed Action / d. Weakness of will

23996

Akrasia is intelligible in hindsight, when we revisit our previous emotions [Blackburn]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / h. Against ethics

3558	Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / b. Rational ethics

20572

De Sade said it was impossible to rationally argue against murder [Adorno/Horkheimer]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / d. Routes to happiness

5835	The road of freedom is the surest route to happiness [Aristippus elder, by Xenophon]

23. Ethics / A. Egoism / 3. Cyrenaic School

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]

3018	People who object to extravagant pleasures just love money [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]

25. Social Practice / D. Justice / 3. Punishment / b. Retribution for crime

1755	Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius]