28 ideas
14179 | The finest branch of wisdom is justice and moderation in ordering states and families [Plato] |
21945 | Foucault originally felt that liberating reason had become an instrument of domination [Foucault, by Gutting] |
1607 | Diotima said the Forms are the objects of desire in philosophical discourse [Plato, by Roochnik] |
174 | True opinion without reason is midway between wisdom and ignorance [Plato] |
21942 | Foucault challenges knowledge in psychology and sociology, not in the basic sciences [Foucault, by Gutting] |
21941 | Unlike Marxists, Foucault explains thought internally, without deference to conscious ideas [Foucault, by Gutting] |
180 | We call a person the same throughout life, but all their attributes change [Plato] |
181 | Only the gods stay unchanged; we replace our losses with similar acquisitions [Plato] |
20949 | Study the use of words, not their origins [Herder] |
172 | Love of ugliness is impossible [Plato] |
173 | Beauty and goodness are the same [Plato] |
4026 | Beauty is harmony with what is divine, and ugliness is lack of such harmony [Plato] |
184 | Progress goes from physical beauty, to moral beauty, to the beauty of knowledge, and reaches absolute beauty [Plato] |
183 | Stage two is the realisation that beauty of soul is of more value than beauty of body [Plato] |
171 | Music is a knowledge of love in the realm of harmony and rhythm [Plato] |
21939 | The author function of any text is a plurality of selves [Foucault, by Gutting] |
7669 | We cannot attain all the ideals of every culture, so there cannot be a perfect life [Herder, by Berlin] |
14177 | Love assists men in achieving merit and happiness [Plato] |
179 | Love is desire for perpetual possession of the good [Plato] |
176 | Love follows beauty, wisdom is exceptionally beautiful, so love follows wisdom [Plato] |
177 | If a person is good they will automatically become happy [Plato] |
14178 | Happiness is secure enjoyment of what is good and beautiful [Plato] |
170 | The only slavery which is not dishonourable is slavery to excellence [Plato] |
182 | The first step on the right path is the contemplation of physical beauty when young [Plato] |
21940 | Nature is not the basis of rights, but the willingness to risk death in asserting them [Foucault] |
7668 | Herder invented the idea of being rooted in (or cut off from) a home or a group [Herder, by Berlin] |
21116 | Power is used to create identities and ways of life for other people [Foucault, by Shorten] |
175 | Gods are not lovers of wisdom, because they are already wise [Plato] |