12 ideas
23326 | In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M] |
23335 | In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M] |
4037 | Ockham's Razor is the principle that we need reasons to believe in entities [Mellor/Oliver] |
4027 | Properties are respects in which particular objects may be alike or differ [Mellor/Oliver] |
4029 | Nominalists ask why we should postulate properties at all [Mellor/Oliver] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M] |
23334 | For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M] |
4039 | Abstractions lack causes, effects and spatio-temporal locations [Mellor/Oliver] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
20329 | A work of art is an artifact created for the artworld [Dickie] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |