15 ideas
12036 | Xenophanes began the concern with knowledge [Annas] |
12046 | Plato was the first philosopher who was concerned to systematize his ideas [Annas] |
9198 | It is no longer possible to be a sage, but we can practice the exercise of wisdom [Hadot] |
9197 | The logos represents a demand for universal rationality [Hadot] |
12037 | Euripides's Medea is a key case of reason versus the passions [Annas] |
7590 | Consequentialism emphasises value rather than obligation in morality [Scruton] |
9196 | The pleasure of existing is the only genuine pleasure [Hadot] |
12040 | Virtue is a kind of understanding of moral value [Annas] |
7589 | Altruism is either emotional (where your interests are mine) or moral (where they are reasons for me) [Scruton] |
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] |
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] |