10 ideas
23326 | In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M] |
23335 | In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M] |
22026 | Philosophy is homesickness - the urge to be at home everywhere [Novalis] |
19591 | Desire for perfection is an illness, if it turns against what is imperfect [Novalis] |
23334 | For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M] |
5495 | Instances of pain are physical tokens, but the nature of pain is more abstract [Putnam, by Lycan] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |