13 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] |
5300 | Philosophers have interpreted the world, but the point is to change it [Marx] |
5297 | Whether human thinking can be 'true' must be decided in practice, not theory [Marx] |
16674 | The quantity is just the matter, in that it has extended parts and is diffuse [Charleton] |
22598 | The authentic self exists at the level of class, rather than the individual [Marx, by Dunt] |
23334 | For Christians man has free will by creation in God's image (as in Genesis) [Frede,M] |
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] |
23336 | There is no will for Plato or Aristotle, because actions come directly from perception of what is good [Frede,M] |
5298 | The human essence is not found in individuals but in social relations [Marx] |
23313 | The Gnostic demiurge (creator) is deluded, and doesn't care about us [Frede,M] |
5299 | Religious feeling is social in origin [Marx] |