29 ideas
23250 | Desired responsible actions result either from rational or from irrational desire [Aristotle] |
5847 | It is the role of dialectic to survey syllogisms [Aristotle] |
5862 | A single counterexample is enough to prove that a truth is not necessary [Aristotle] |
5854 | Nobody fears a disease which nobody has yet caught [Aristotle] |
5849 | Rhetoric is a political offshoot of dialectic and ethics [Aristotle] |
7096 | We may still admire a person's character even if the traits are involuntary [Statman] |
5851 | Pentathletes look the most beautiful, because they combine speed and strength [Aristotle] |
7098 | There is a new sort of moral scepticism, about the possibility of moral theories [Statman] |
5858 | Men are physically prime at thirty-five, and mentally prime at forty-nine [Aristotle] |
5855 | We all feel universal right and wrong, independent of any community or contracts [Aristotle] |
7099 | With a broad concept of flourishing, it might be possible without the virtues [Statman] |
5850 | Happiness is composed of a catalogue of internal and external benefits [Aristotle] |
5856 | Self-interest is a relative good, but nobility an absolute good [Aristotle] |
5853 | The best virtues are the most useful to others [Aristotle] |
5848 | All good things can be misused, except virtue [Aristotle] |
7100 | Virtue theory isn't a genuine ethical theory, because it doesn't have universal application [Statman] |
7102 | Promises create moral duties that have nothing to do with character [Statman] |
7095 | Moral education is better by concrete example than abstract principle [Statman] |
5857 | The young feel pity from philanthropy, but the old from self-concern [Aristotle] |
5859 | Rich people are mindlessly happy [Aristotle] |
7094 | Friends express friendship even when no utility is involved [Statman] |
7093 | Behaviour may be disgusting or inhumane, but violate no duty [Statman] |
7104 | The ancients recognised imperfect duties, but we have added perfect duties like justice [Statman] |
5852 | The four constitutions are democracy (freedom), oligarchy (wealth), aristocracy (custom), tyranny (security) [Aristotle] |
1660 | It is noble to avenge oneself on one's enemies, and not come to terms with them [Aristotle] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
7103 | Abortion issues focus on the mother's right over her body, and the status of the foetus [Statman] |
5861 | People assume events cause what follows them [Aristotle] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |