12 ideas
23326 | In the third century Stoicism died out, replaced by Platonism, with Aristotelian ethics [Frede,M] |
23335 | In late antiquity nearly all philosophers were monotheists [Frede,M] |
13163 | Circles must be bounded, so cannot be infinite [Leibniz] |
23333 | The idea of free will achieved universal acceptance because of Christianity [Frede,M] |
23337 | The Stoics needed free will, to allow human choices in a divinely providential cosmos [Frede,M] |
23334 | For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M] |
13162 | Sloth's Syllogism: either it can't happen, or it is inevitable without my effort [Leibniz] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
22086 | The most important aspect of a human being is not reason, but passion [Kierkegaard, by Carlisle] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |
19339 | Evil is a negation of good, which arises from non-being [Leibniz] |
13164 | God only made sin possible because a much greater good can be derived from it [Leibniz] |