Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'Lectures on Ethics', 'On Providence' and 'Individuals in Aristotle'

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9. Objects / E. Objects over Time / 9. Ship of Theseus

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Insurance on the original ship would hardly be paid out if the plank version was wrecked! [Frede,M]

22. Metaethics / C. The Good / 2. Happiness / a. Nature of happiness

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To be always happy is to lack knowledge of one half of nature [Seneca]

23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 4. External Goods / a. External goods

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Nothing bad can happen to a good man [Seneca]

25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide

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The maxim for suicide is committed to the value of life, and is thus contradictory [Kant]

27. Natural Reality / A. Classical Physics / 1. Mechanics / c. Forces

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The ocean changes in volume in proportion to the attraction of the moon [Seneca]