15 ideas
7529 | All philosophy should begin with an analysis of propositions [Russell] |
299 | What is fine is always difficult [Plato] |
297 | What is fine is the parent of goodness [Plato] |
23814 | Every human yearns for an unattainable transcendent good [Weil] |
23824 | Where human needs are satisfied we find happiness, friendship and beauty [Weil] |
23815 | We cannot equally respect what is unequal, so equal respect needs a shared ground [Weil] |
23823 | Life needs risks to avoid sickly boredom [Weil] |
23822 | We all need to partipate in public tasks, and take some initiative [Weil] |
23817 | We need both equality (to attend to human needs) and hierarchy (as a scale of responsibilities) [Weil] |
23819 | Deliberate public lying should be punished [Weil] |
23818 | We have liberty in the space between nature and accepted authority [Weil] |
23820 | People need personal and collective property, and a social class lacking property is shameful [Weil] |
23821 | Crime should be punished, to bring the perpetrator freely back to morality [Weil] |
298 | While sex is very pleasant, it should be in secret, as it looks contemptible [Plato] |
23816 | Attention to a transcendent reality motivates a duty to foster the good of humanity [Weil] |