27 ideas
3067 | A philosopher should have principles ready for understanding, like a surgeon with instruments [Aurelius] |
3072 | Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius] |
7658 | Obviously there can't be a functional anaylsis of qualia if they are defined by intrinsic properties [Dennett] |
3847 | Man is nothing else but the sum of his actions [Sartre] |
7655 | The work done by the 'homunculus in the theatre' must be spread amongst non-conscious agencies [Dennett] |
3846 | Man IS freedom [Sartre] |
7657 | Intelligent agents are composed of nested homunculi, of decreasing intelligence, ending in machines [Dennett] |
7656 | I don't deny consciousness; it just isn't what people think it is [Dennett] |
7654 | What matters about neuro-science is the discovery of the functional role of the chemistry [Dennett] |
3843 | There is no human nature [Sartre] |
3066 | Nothing is evil which is according to nature [Aurelius] |
20762 | There are no values to justify us, and no excuses [Sartre] |
3852 | If values depend on us, freedom is the foundation of all values [Sartre] |
3071 | Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius] |
3069 | The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's [Aurelius] |
20764 | In becoming what we want to be we create what we think man ought to be [Sartre] |
3848 | Cowards are responsible for their cowardice [Sartre] |
20763 | When my personal freedom becomes involved, I must want freedom for everyone else [Sartre] |
22229 | Existentialists says that cowards and heroes make themselves [Sartre] |
3842 | Existence before essence (or begin with the subjective) [Sartre] |
6868 | 'Existence precedes essence' means we have no pre-existing self, but create it through existence [Sartre, by Le Poidevin] |
3844 | Existentialism says man is whatever he makes of himself [Sartre] |
20754 | It is dishonest to offer passions as an excuse [Sartre] |
6571 | When a man must choose between his mother and the Resistance, no theory can help [Sartre, by Fogelin] |
3851 | If I do not choose, that is still a choice [Sartre] |
3065 | Humans are naturally made for co-operation [Aurelius] |
3845 | Without God there is no intelligibility or value [Sartre] |