13 ideas
3067 | A philosopher should have principles ready for understanding, like a surgeon with instruments [Aurelius] |
7823 | Lucretius was rediscovered in 1417 [Grayling] |
3072 | Everything is changing, including yourself and the whole universe [Aurelius] |
16463 | Adams says actual things have haecceities, but not things that only might exist [Adams,RM, by Stalnaker] |
3066 | Nothing is evil which is according to nature [Aurelius] |
3071 | Justice has no virtue opposed to it, but pleasure has temperance opposed to it [Aurelius] |
3069 | The art of life is more like the wrestler's than the dancer's [Aurelius] |
7809 | In an honour code shame is the supreme punishment, and revenge is a duty [Grayling] |
3065 | Humans are naturally made for co-operation [Aurelius] |
7824 | If suicide is lawful, but assisting suicide is unlawful, powerless people are denied their rights [Grayling] |
7819 | Religion gives answers, comforts, creates social order, and panders to superstition [Grayling] |
7817 | To make an afterlife appealing, this life has to be denigrated [Grayling] |
7818 | In Greek mythology only heroes can go to heaven [Grayling] |