28 ideas
1765 | Diogenes said avoidance of philosophy is the lack of a desire to live properly [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius] |
8978 | Events are made of other things, and are not fundamental to ontology [Bennett] |
1762 | When someone denied motion, Diogenes got up and walked away [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius] |
3772 | The will, in the beginning, is entirely produced by desire [Mill] |
7813 | Cynicism was open to anyone, and needed neither education nor sophistication [Diogenes of Sin., by Grayling] |
3769 | With early training, any absurdity or evil may be given the power of conscience [Mill] |
1763 | Diogenes said a plucked chicken fits Plato's definition of man [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius] |
5071 | The Cynics rejected what is conventional as irrational, and aimed to live by nature [Taylor,R on Diogenes of Sin.] |
3767 | Motive shows the worth of the agent, but not of the action [Mill] |
7812 | For peace of mind, you need self-government, indifference and independence [Diogenes of Sin.] |
3771 | Virtues only have value because they achieve some further end [Mill] |
3768 | Orthodox morality is the only one which feels obligatory [Mill] |
3776 | Utilitarianism only works if everybody has a totally equal right to happiness [Mill] |
7202 | The English believe in the task of annihilating evil for the victory of good [Nietzsche on Mill] |
5935 | Mill's qualities of pleasure is an admission that there are other good states of mind than pleasure [Ross on Mill] |
3764 | Actions are right if they promote pleasure, wrong if they promote pain [Mill] |
3763 | Ultimate goods such as pleasure can never be proved to be good [Mill] |
3765 | Only pleasure and freedom from pain are desirable as ends [Mill] |
3766 | Better to be Socrates dissatisfied than a fool satisfied [Mill] |
3770 | General happiness is only desirable because individuals desire their own happiness [Mill] |
6697 | Moral rules protecting human welfare are more vital than local maxims [Mill] |
3774 | Rights are a matter of justice, not of benevolence [Mill] |
3773 | No individual has the right to receive our benevolence [Mill] |
1764 | Diogenes said he was a citizen of the world [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius] |
5968 | Diogenes masturbated in public, wishing he could get rid of hunger so easily [Diogenes of Sin., by Plutarch] |
1766 | Diogenes said that the most excellent thing among men was freedom of speech [Diogenes of Sin., by Diog. Laertius] |
3775 | A right is a valid claim to society's protection [Mill] |
10364 | Facts are about the world, not in it, so they can't cause anything [Bennett] |