Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Aristotle and Descartes on Matter', 'Outline of a System of Utilitarianism' and 'On Anger (Book 3)'

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7 ideas

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 2. Elements of Virtue Theory / e. Character
13554 True greatness is never allowing events to disturb you [Seneca]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / a. Virtues
13556 Every night I critically review how I have behaved during the day [Seneca]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / b. Temperance
13552 Anger is an extreme vice, threatening sanity, and gripping whole states [Seneca]
13553 Anger is a vice which afflicts good men as well as bad [Seneca]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 1. Utilitarianism
22405 Negative utilitarianism implies that the world should be destroyed, to avoid future misery [Smart]
23. Ethics / E. Utilitarianism / 3. Motivation for Altruism
22404 Any group interested in ethics must surely have a sentiment of generalised benevolence [Smart]
26. Natural Theory / A. Speculations on Nature / 6. Early Matter Theories / b. Prime matter
19399 Prime matter is nothing when it is at rest [Leibniz]