10 ideas
22752 | Reasoning is impossible without a preconception [Sext.Empiricus] |
18933 | Not-Being obviously doesn't exist, and the five modes of Being are all impossible [Gorgias, by Diog. Laertius] |
5864 | Destroy seriousness with laughter, and laughter with seriousness [Gorgias] |
9866 | Gorgias says rhetoric is the best of arts, because it enslaves without using force [Gorgias, by Plato] |
6000 | The goal is rationality in the selection of things according to nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
22754 | Saying the good is useful or choiceworth or happiness-creating is not the good, but a feature of it [Sext.Empiricus] |
5999 | The good is what is perfect by nature [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |
22755 | Like a warming fire, what is good by nature should be good for everyone [Sext.Empiricus] |
22756 | If a desire is itself desirable, then we shouldn't desire it, as achieving it destroys it [Sext.Empiricus] |
6001 | Justice is a disposition to distribute according to desert [Diogenes of Babylon, by Blank] |