15 ideas
| 22396 | We take courage, temperance, wisdom and justice as moral, but Aristotle takes wisdom as intellectual [Foot] |
| 22397 | Wisdom is open to all, and not just to the clever or well trained [Foot] |
| 5952 | Rather than being the whole soul, maybe I am its chief part? [Plutarch] |
| 4871 | A thing is free if it acts only by the necessity of its own nature [Spinoza] |
| 5951 | If atoms have no qualities, they cannot possibly produce a mind [Plutarch] |
| 20796 | Action needs an affinity for a presentation, and an impulse toward the affinity [Plutarch] |
| 22402 | Most people think virtues can be displayed in bad actions [Foot] |
| 23145 | Virtues are intended to correct design flaws in human beings [Foot, by Driver] |
| 22401 | Actions can be in accordance with virtue, but without actually being virtuous [Foot] |
| 22398 | Virtues are corrective, to resist temptation or strengthen motivation [Foot] |
| 5948 | The good life involves social participation, loyalty, temperance and honesty [Plutarch] |
| 22403 | Temperance is not a virtue if it results from timidity or excessive puritanism [Foot] |
| 22400 | Courage overcomes the fears which should be overcome, and doesn't overvalue personal safety [Foot] |
| 5950 | If only atoms exist, how do qualities arise when the atoms come together? [Plutarch] |
| 5955 | No one will ever find a city that lacks religious practices [Plutarch] |