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All the ideas for 'Principle Doctrines ('Kuriai Doxai') (frags)', 'Ethics of the Concern for Self as Freedom' and '25: Third Epistle of John'

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20 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
14519 It is a great good to show reverence for a wise man [Epicurus]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 2. Invocation to Philosophy
14518 In the study of philosophy, pleasure and knowledge arrive simultaneously [Epicurus]
1. Philosophy / D. Nature of Philosophy / 3. Philosophy Defined
7426 Critical philosophy is what questions domination at every level [Foucault]
1. Philosophy / H. Continental Philosophy / 1. Continental Philosophy
7423 Philosophy and politics are fundamentally linked [Foucault]
2. Reason / A. Nature of Reason / 2. Logos
7420 When logos controls our desires, we have actually become the logos [Foucault]
9. Objects / A. Existence of Objects / 5. Individuation / b. Individuation by properties
14524 Bodies are combinations of shape, size, resistance and weight [Epicurus]
13. Knowledge Criteria / E. Relativism / 1. Relativism
7424 Saying games of truth were merely power relations would be a horrible exaggeration [Foucault]
16. Persons / E. Rejecting the Self / 2. Self as Social Construct
7422 A subject is a form which can change, in (say) political or sexual situations [Foucault]
16. Persons / F. Free Will / 6. Determinism / a. Determinism
14521 If everything is by necessity, then even denials of necessity are by necessity [Epicurus]
22. Metaethics / A. Ethics Foundations / 1. Nature of Ethics / b. Defining ethics
7419 Ethics is the conscious practice of freedom [Foucault]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / c. Value of happiness
14522 What happens to me if I obtain all my desires, and what if I fail? [Epicurus]
22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 3. Pleasure / e. Role of pleasure
3563 Pleasure and virtue entail one another [Epicurus]
23. Ethics / B. Contract Ethics / 1. Contractarianism
3560 Justice is merely a contract about not harming or being harmed [Epicurus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
14517 We value our own character, whatever it is, and we should respect the characters of others [Epicurus]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / c. Justice
14513 Justice is a pledge of mutual protection [Epicurus]
24. Political Theory / B. Nature of a State / 2. State Legitimacy / c. Social contract
14515 A law is not just if it is not useful in mutual associations [Epicurus]
24. Political Theory / C. Ruling a State / 1. Social Power
7425 The aim is not to eliminate power relations, but to reduce domination [Foucault]
25. Social Practice / A. Freedoms / 5. Freedom of lifestyle
7418 The idea of liberation suggests there is a human nature which has been repressed [Foucault]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
14520 It is small-minded to find many good reasons for suicide [Epicurus]
28. God / A. Divine Nature / 6. Divine Morality / c. God is the good
8141 He that does evil has not seen God [John]