11 ideas
1749 | If all laws were abolished, philosophers would still live as they do now [Aristippus elder] |
468 | Musical performance can reveal a range of virtues [Damon of Ath.] |
23683 | Moral norms are objective, connected to facts about human goods [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
3558 | Only the Cyrenaics reject the idea of a final moral end [Aristippus elder, by Annas] |
23684 | Morality gives everyone reasons to act, irrespective of their desires [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
23690 | We all have reason to cultivate the virtues, even when we lack the desire [Foot, by Hacker-Wright] |
22379 | The meaning of 'good' and other evaluations must include the object to which they attach [Foot] |
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] |