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] |
5831 | The new view is that "water" is a name, and has no definition [Schwartz,SP] |
5829 | We refer to Thales successfully by name, even if all descriptions of him are false [Schwartz,SP] |
5830 | The traditional theory of names says some of the descriptions must be correct [Schwartz,SP] |
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] |
5826 | The intension of "lemon" is the conjunction of properties associated with it [Schwartz,SP] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
7825 | The politics of Leibniz was the reunification of Christianity [Stewart,M] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |