38 ideas
7990 | Serene wisdom is freedom from ties, and indifference to fortune [Anon (Bhag)] |
162 | Can we understand an individual soul without knowing the soul in general? [Plato] |
160 | The highest ability in man is the ability to discuss unity and plurality in the nature of things [Plato] |
166 | A speaker should be able to divide a subject, right down to the limits of divisibility [Plato] |
7989 | Seek salvation in the wisdom of reason [Anon (Bhag)] |
7953 | Reasoning needs to cut nature accurately at the joints [Plato] |
16121 | I revere anyone who can discern a single thing that encompasses many things [Plato] |
153 | It takes a person to understand, by using universals, and by using reason to create a unity out of sense-impressions [Plato] |
7996 | I am all the beauty and goodness of things, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
154 | We would have an overpowering love of knowledge if we had a pure idea of it - as with the other Forms [Plato] |
151 | True knowledge is of the reality behind sense experience [Plato] |
165 | If the apparent facts strongly conflict with probability, it is in everyone's interests to suppress the facts [Plato] |
9296 | The soul is self-motion [Plato] |
7995 | In all living beings I am the light of consciousness, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
23997 | Plato saw emotions and appetites as wild horses, in need of taming [Plato, by Goldie] |
159 | Only a good philosopher can be a good speaker [Plato] |
5946 | 'Phaedrus' pioneers the notion of philosophical rhetoric [Lawson-Tancred on Plato] |
158 | An excellent speech seems to imply a knowledge of the truth in the mind of the speaker [Plato] |
7999 | All actions come from: body, lower self, perception, means of action, or Fate [Anon (Bhag)] |
155 | Beauty is the clearest and most lovely of the Forms [Plato] |
7991 | Hate and lust have their roots in man's lower nature [Anon (Bhag)] |
143 | The two ruling human principles are the natural desire for pleasure, and an acquired love of virtue [Plato] |
157 | Most pleasure is release from pain, and is therefore not worthwhile [Plato] |
144 | Reason impels us towards excellence, which teaches us self-control [Plato] |
156 | Bad people are never really friends with one another [Plato] |
7988 | There is no greater good for a warrior than to fight in a just war [Anon (Bhag)] |
7992 | The visible forms of nature are earth, water, fire, air, ether; mind, reason, and the sense of 'I' [Anon (Bhag)] |
148 | If the prime origin is destroyed, it will not come into being again out of anything [Plato] |
7994 | Everything, including the gods, comes from me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
152 | The mind of God is fully satisfied and happy with a vision of reality and truth [Plato] |
150 | We cannot conceive of God, so we have to think of Him as an immortal version of ourselves [Plato] |
149 | There isn't a single reason for positing the existence of immortal beings [Plato] |
7993 | Brahman is supreme, Atman his spirit in man, and Karma is the force of creation [Anon (Bhag)] |
16713 | Philosophers are the forefathers of heretics [Tertullian] |
7997 | Only by love can men see me, know me, and come to me, says Krishna [Anon (Bhag)] |
6610 | I believe because it is absurd [Tertullian] |
146 | Soul is always in motion, so it must be self-moving and immortal [Plato] |
7998 | The three gates of hell are lust, anger and greed [Anon (Bhag)] |