12 ideas
5952 | Rather than being the whole soul, maybe I am its chief part? [Plutarch] |
23111 | If we say that freedom depends on rationality, the irrational actions are not free [Sidgwick] |
5951 | If atoms have no qualities, they cannot possibly produce a mind [Plutarch] |
20796 | Action needs an affinity for a presentation, and an impulse toward the affinity [Plutarch] |
23059 | Self-interest is not rational, if the self is just a succession of memories and behaviour [Sidgwick, by Gray] |
5948 | The good life involves social participation, loyalty, temperance and honesty [Plutarch] |
4129 | It is self-evident (from the point of view of the Universe) that no individual has more importance than another [Sidgwick] |
20588 | Sidwick argues for utilitarian institutions, rather than actions [Sidgwick, by Tuckness/Wolf] |
5950 | If only atoms exist, how do qualities arise when the atoms come together? [Plutarch] |
9111 | God is not wise, but more-than-wise; God is not good, but more-than-good [William of Ockham] |
9112 | We could never form a concept of God's wisdom if we couldn't abstract it from creatures [William of Ockham] |
5955 | No one will ever find a city that lacks religious practices [Plutarch] |