12 ideas
1749 | If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder] |
20955 | Art can make reason more all-inclusive, by articulating what seemed inexpressible [Bowie] |
6627 | Radical pragmatists abandon the notion of truth [Stich, by Lowe] |
20950 | German Idealism says our thinking and nature have the same rational structure [Bowie] |
20942 | Nazis think race predetermines the self [Bowie] |
4765 | Stich accepts eliminativism (labelled 'pragmatism') about rationality and normativity [Stich, by Engel] |
20946 | Rhetoric is built into language, so it cannot be stripped from philosophy [Bowie] |
3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
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] |
1755 | Errors result from external influence, and should be corrected, not hated [Aristippus elder, by Diog. Laertius] |