25 ideas
192 | Only one thing can be contrary to something [Plato] |
8228 | Being is revealed at the point between waking and sleep [Anon (Cent)] |
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] |
8232 | Neglect your self, and feel the consciousness of each other being [Anon (Cent)] |
191 | Everything resembles everything else up to a point [Plato] |
1554 | Contradiction is impossible, since only one side of the argument refers to the true facts [Prodicus, by Didymus the Blind] |
8230 | Just as you have the impulse to do something, stop [Anon (Cent)] |
203 | Courage is knowing what should or shouldn't be feared [Plato] |
202 | No one willingly and knowingly embraces evil [Plato] |
193 | Some things are good even though they are not beneficial to men [Plato] |
200 | People tend only to disapprove of pleasure if it leads to pain, or prevents future pleasure [Plato] |
197 | Some pleasures are not good, and some pains are not evil [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] |
8234 | Bondage and liberation are relative terms, which only frighten those already terrified of the universe [Anon (Cent)] |
1555 | People used to think anything helpful to life was a god, as the Egyptians think the Nile a god [Prodicus] |
1543 | He denied the existence of the gods, saying they are just exaltations of things useful for life [Prodicus] |
535 | The gods are just personified human benefits [Prodicus] |
8231 | Abandon attachment to body, and feel the joy of being everywhere [Anon (Cent)] |
8227 | Feel your whole body saturated with cosmic essence [Anon (Cent)] |
8229 | The serenity in blue sky beyond clouds [Anon (Cent)] |
8233 | Imagine fire burning up your whole body, but not you [Anon (Cent)] |