18 ideas
13560 | A wise man is not subservient to anything [Seneca] |
3546 | 'Phronesis' should translate as 'practical intelligence', not as prudence [Annas] |
13558 | The supreme good is harmony of spirit [Seneca] |
3547 | Epicureans achieve pleasure through character development [Annas] |
3543 | Cyrenaics pursue pleasure, but don't equate it with happiness [Annas] |
13559 | I seek virtue, because it is its own reward [Seneca] |
3541 | Ancient ethics uses attractive notions, not imperatives [Annas] |
13561 | Virtue is always moderate, so excess need not be feared [Seneca] |
13562 | It is shameful to not even recognise your own slaves [Seneca] |
13564 | There is far more scope for virtue if you are wealthy; poverty only allows endurance [Seneca] |
13563 | Why does your wife wear in her ears the income of a wealthy house? [Seneca] |
13565 | If wealth was a good, it would make men good [Seneca] |
3550 | Principles cover life as a whole, where rules just cover actions [Annas] |
3551 | Virtue theory tries to explain our duties in terms of our character [Annas] |
3552 | If excessively good actions are admirable but not required, then duty isn't basic [Annas] |
3542 | We should do good when necessary, not maximise it [Annas] |
13557 | Unfortunately the majority do not tend to favour what is best [Seneca] |
4398 | An event causes another just if the second event would not have happened without the first [Lewis, by Psillos] |