16 ideas
3067 | A philosopher should have principles ready for understanding, like a surgeon with instruments [Aurelius] |
10528 | Definitions concern how we should speak, not how things are [Fine,K] |
10529 | If Hume's Principle can define numbers, we needn't worry about its truth [Fine,K] |
10530 | Hume's Principle is either adequate for number but fails to define properly, or vice versa [Fine,K] |
3072 | Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius] |
10527 | An abstraction principle should not 'inflate', producing more abstractions than objects [Fine,K] |
23146 | Motives produce intentions, which lead to actions [Driver] |
3066 | Nothing is evil which is according to nature [Aurelius] |
3071 | Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius] |
23147 | Good intentions are not necessary for virtue [Driver] |
23144 | Virtue should be defined by consequences, not by states of mind [Driver] |
23148 | Virtues are character traits or dispositions which produce good consequences for others [Driver] |
23150 | Control of pregnancy and knowledge of paternity have downgraded chastity [Driver] |
3069 | The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's [Aurelius] |
23149 | If generosity systematically turned recipients into parasites, it wouldn't be a virtue [Driver] |
3065 | Humans are naturally made for co-operation [Aurelius] |