19 ideas
19396 | Wisdom is knowing all of the sciences, and their application [Leibniz] |
343 | The unexamined life is not worth living for men [Socrates] |
19397 | Perfect knowledge implies complete explanations and perfect prediction [Leibniz] |
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] |
7590 | Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton] |
2 | We should not even harm someone who harms us [Socrates] |
345 | A good man cannot be harmed, either in life or in death [Socrates] |
346 | One ought not to return a wrong or injury to any person, whatever the provocation [Socrates] |
7589 | Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me) [Scruton] |
341 | Wealth is good if it is accompanied by virtue [Socrates] |
7595 | The idea of a right seems fairly basic; justice may be the disposition to accord rights to people [Scruton] |
7588 | Allegiance is fundamental to the conservative view of society [Scruton] |
7594 | Democrats are committed to a belief and to its opposite, if the majority prefer the latter [Scruton] |
7593 | Liberals focus on universal human freedom, natural rights, and tolerance [Scruton, by PG] |
347 | Will I stand up against the law, simply because I have been unjustly judged? [Socrates] |
7592 | For positivists law is a matter of form, for naturalists it is a matter of content [Scruton] |
7587 | The issue of abortion seems insoluble, because there is nothing with which to compare it [Scruton] |
338 | Socrates is accused of denying the gods, saying sun is stone and moon is earth [Socrates, by Plato] |