13 ideas
22396 | We take courage, temperance, wisdom and justice as moral, but Aristotle takes wisdom as intellectual [Foot] |
22397 | Wisdom is open to all, and not just to the clever or well trained [Foot] |
6012 | We must choose in which of the virtues we wish to excel [Panaetius] |
22402 | Most people think virtues can be displayed in bad actions [Foot] |
23145 | Virtues are intended to correct design flaws in human beings [Foot, by Driver] |
22401 | Actions can be in accordance with virtue, but without actually being virtuous [Foot] |
22398 | Virtues are corrective, to resist temptation or strengthen motivation [Foot] |
6013 | Panaetius said we should live according to our natural starting-points [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
22403 | Temperance is not a virtue if it results from timidity or excessive puritanism [Foot] |
6014 | Panaetius identified courage with great-mindedness, preferring civic courage to military [Panaetius, by Asmis] |
22400 | Courage overcomes the fears which should be overcome, and doesn't overvalue personal safety [Foot] |
5492 | How can essences generate the right powers to vary with distance between objects? [Armstrong] |
5888 | Souls are born, since they are sensitive and inherited, so they must perish [Panaetius, by Cicero] |