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All the ideas for 'Wisdom', 'On Aristotle's Metaphysics Book 2' and 'The Elements of Law'

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11 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 3. Wisdom Deflated

19695

The devil was wise as an angel, and lost no knowledge when he rebelled [Whitcomb]

1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 4. Later European Philosophy / b. Seventeenth century philosophy

7396	Hobbes created English-language philosophy [Hobbes, by Tuck]

12. Knowledge Sources / B. Perception / 4. Sense Data / a. Sense-data theory

16638

The qualities of the world are mere appearances; reality is the motions which cause them [Hobbes]

12. Knowledge Sources / D. Empiricism / 1. Empiricism

7405	Experience can't prove universal truths [Hobbes]

16688

Evidence is conception, which is imagination, which proceeds from the senses [Hobbes]

20. Action / C. Motives for Action / 1. Acting on Desires

7408	It is an error that reason should control the passions, which give right guidance on their own [Hobbes, by Tuck]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / d. Ethical theory

7407	Good and evil are what please us; goodness and badness the powers causing them [Hobbes]

22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 2. Source of Ethics / j. Ethics by convention

7410	Self-preservation is basic, and people judge differently about that, implying ethical relativism [Hobbes, by Tuck]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 1. Goodness / c. Right and good

7409	Hobbes shifted from talk of 'the good' to talk of 'rights' [Hobbes, by Tuck]

26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / g. Atomism

20919

How can things without weight compose weight? [Alexander]

28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 4. God Reflects Humanity

7411	The attributes of God just show our inability to conceive his nature [Hobbes]