Combining Texts

All the ideas for 'The Union of Body and Soul', 'What is Good?' and 'talk'

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8 ideas

1. Philosophy / A. Wisdom / 2. Wise People
7536 If you hope to improve the world, all you can do is improve yourself [Wittgenstein]
1. Philosophy / C. History of Philosophy / 3. Earlier European Philosophy / c. Later medieval philosophy
7823 Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling]
23. Ethics / C. Virtue Theory / 3. Virtues / e. Honour
7809 In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling]
25. Social Practice / F. Life Issues / 4. Suicide
7824 If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling]
26. Natural Theory / C. Causation / 9. General Causation / d. Causal necessity
2594 A true cause must involve a necessary connection between cause and effect [Malebranche]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 1. Religious Commitment / a. Religious Belief
7819 Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling]
29. Religion / D. Religious Issues / 2. Immortality / a. Immortality
7817 To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling]
7818 In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling]