13 ideas
7357 | People who control others with fluent language often end up being hated [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
23996 | Akrasia is intelligible in hindsight, when we revisit our previous emotions [Blackburn] |
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)] |
7360 | Do not do to others what you would not desire yourself [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
13554 | True greatness is never allowing events to disturb you [Seneca] |
7359 | Excess and deficiency are equally at fault [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
13556 | Every night I critically review how I have behaved during the day [Seneca] |
7363 | The virtues of the best people are humility, maganimity, sincerity, diligence, and graciousness [Kongzi (Confucius)] |
13553 | Anger is a vice which afflicts good men as well as bad [Seneca] |
13552 | Anger is an extreme vice, threatening sanity, and gripping whole states [Seneca] |
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)] |