23 ideas
192 | Only one thing can be contrary to something [Plato] |
1564 | True and false statements can use exactly the same words [Anon (Diss)] |
12735 | Everything has a fixed power, as required by God, and by the possibility of reasoning [Leibniz] |
190 | If asked whether justice itself is just or unjust, you would have to say that it is just [Plato] |
20184 | The only real evil is loss of knowledge [Plato] |
20185 | The most important things in life are wisdom and knowledge [Plato] |
1559 | Thracians think tattooing adds to a girl's beauty, but elsewhere it is a punishment [Anon (Diss)] |
1561 | Anything can be acceptable in some circumstances and unacceptable in others [Anon (Diss)] |
1560 | Lydians prostitute their daughters to raise a dowery, but no Greek would marry such a girl [Anon (Diss)] |
191 | Everything resembles everything else up to a point [Plato] |
1567 | How could someone who knows everything fail to act correctly? [Anon (Diss)] |
203 | Courage is knowing what should or shouldn't be feared [Plato] |
1563 | Every apparent crime can be right in certain circumstances [Anon (Diss), by PG] |
202 | No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil [Plato] |
1562 | It is right to lie to someone, to get them to take medicine they are reluctant to take [Anon (Diss)] |
193 | Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men [Plato] |
197 | Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [Plato] |
200 | People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato] |
188 | Socrates did not believe that virtue could be taught [Plato] |
204 | Socrates is contradicting himself in claiming virtue can't be taught, but that it is knowledge [Plato] |
189 | If we punish wrong-doers, it shows that we believe virtue can be taught [Plato] |
1566 | The first priority in elections is to vote for people who support democracy [Anon (Diss)] |
1565 | We learn language, and we don't know who teaches us it [Anon (Diss)] |