16 ideas
19396 | Wisdom is knowing all of the sciences, and their application [Leibniz] |
19397 | Perfect knowledge implies complete explanations and perfect prediction [Leibniz] |
7357 | People who control others with fluent language often end up being hated [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
22465 | We see a moral distinction between doing and allowing to happen [Foot] |
22466 | We see a moral distinction between our aims and their foreseen consequences [Foot] |
22467 | Acts and omissions only matter if they concern doing something versus allowing it [Foot] |
7358 | All men prefer outward appearance to true excellence [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7362 | Humans are similar, but social conventions drive us apart (sages and idiots being the exceptions) [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
22470 | A good moral system benefits its participants, and so demands reciprocity [Foot] |
7360 | Do not do to others what you would not desire yourself [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
22468 | Virtues can have aims, but good states of affairs are not among them [Foot] |
7359 | Excess and deficiency are equally at fault [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
7363 | The virtues of the best people are humility, maganimity, sincerity, diligence, and graciousness [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
22469 | Some virtues imply rules, and others concern attachment [Foot] |
7361 | Men of the highest calibre avoid political life completely [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
23393 | Confucianism assumes that all good developments have happened, and there is only one Way [Norden on Kongzi (Confucius)] |