19 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] |
343 | The unexamined life is not worth living for men [Socrates] |
339 | Men fear death as a great evil when it may be a great blessing [Socrates] |
344 | If death is like a night of dreamless sleep, such nights are very pleasant [Socrates] |
2 | We should not even harm someone who harms us [Socrates] |
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] |
345 | A good man cannot be harmed, either in life or in death [Socrates] |
22403 | Temperance is not a virtue if it results from timidity or excessive puritanism [Foot] |
346 | One ought not to return a wrong or injury to any person, whatever the provocation [Socrates] |
22400 | Courage overcomes the fears which should be overcome, and doesn't overvalue personal safety [Foot] |
341 | Wealth is good if it is accompanied by virtue [Socrates] |
347 | Will I stand up against the law, simply because I have been unjustly judged? [Socrates] |
13304 | Learned men gain more in one day than others do in a lifetime [Posidonius] |
20820 | Time is an interval of motion, or the measure of speed [Posidonius, by Stobaeus] |
338 | Socrates is accused of denying the gods, saying sun is stone and moon is earth [Socrates, by Plato] |